culverin

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlvəɹɪn/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries
  2. noun a medieval musket

Etymology

From Middle English culveryne, from Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre (“snake”) (or from Latin colubrīnus), ultimately from Latin colubra, coluber (“snake”). Doublet of colubrine.

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