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demiculverins

demiculverins is the plural of demiculverin.

Meaning of demiculverin

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

Questions about demiculverins

What is demiculverins the plural of?
Demiculverins is the plural of demiculverin.

Words near demiculverins in the dictionary

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

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