culverins in English

noun
1
a 16th- or 17th- century cannon with a relatively long barrel for its bore, typically about 10 to 13 feet long.
And whereas the Spanish had only 21 culverins (long-range iron guns), the English had 153; whereas the Spanish had 151 demi-culverins, the English had 344.
2
a kind of handgun of the 15th and 16th centuries.
The culverins proved to be versatile and effective guns in the late medieval period.

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1. Model Ship Culverins Come in a Range of Sizes

2. Culverins are available to all European civilizations except the Knights of St

3. ‘A falcon shot a 2-to 3-pound projectile; a Culverin fired a 15-to 22-pound projectile.’ ‘In view of the range he ascribes to the Culverin, some remarks on gun performances are in order.’ ‘Their ship, Lady Edwina, mounts eight Culverins and ten demi-Culverins along with a prime crew of English seamen.’

4. Researchers have found medieval Cannonballs from culverins that were most likely used by Wallacian Voivode Vlad III Dracula, more commonly known as …

5. Recent Examples on the Web Researchers recently found medieval cannonballs from Culverins, an early form of cannon, that were most likely used by Vlad the Impaler, during his bloody battle in 1461 with the Ottoman Turks

6. A Plasma Culverin is a type of heavy Plasma Weapon deployed by the Adeptus Mechanicus' Kataphron Battle Servitors, particularly the variant known as the Kataphron Destroyer.Plasma Culverins sacrifice the range of their cannon pattern equivalents in exchange for a higher rate of fire