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demiculverin

demiculverin noun: a medium cannon, slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a culverin.

Noun

demiculverin (plural demiculverins)

  1. (historical) A medium cannon, slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a culverin.
    • It made such a thunderous noise that anyone would have sworn blind they were great siege guns or demi-culverins [translating halbe Carthaunen].1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, III.10, Dedalus 2016, p. 230

Forms of demiculverin

pluraldemiculverins

Origin of demiculverin

From demi- + culverin.

Questions about demiculverin

What does demiculverin mean?
Demiculverin means a medium cannon, slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a culverin.
What part of speech is demiculverin?
Demiculverin is a noun.
What is the plural of demiculverin?
The plural of demiculverin is demiculverins.

Words near demiculverin in the dictionary

  1. Demick
  2. Demicks
  3. demiclad
  4. demiclosed
  5. demicontinuity
  6. demiculverin
  7. demiculverins
  8. demicup
  9. demicups
  10. demicyclic
  11. demicylinder

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