demiculverin

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Etymology[edit]

From demi- +‎ culverin.

Noun[edit]

demiculverin (plural demiculverins)

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