CULVERIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does culverin mean? 

• CULVERIN (noun)
  The noun CULVERIN has 2 senses:

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

2. a medieval musket

  Familiarity information: CULVERIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CULVERIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("culverin" is a kind of...):

cannon (a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A medieval musket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("culverin" is a kind of...):

musket (a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen)

 Context examples 

The castle was built on the corner of a great rock, so that on three sides it was quite impregnable, and great windows were placed here where sling, or bow, or culverin could not reach, and consequently light and comfort, impossible to a position which had to be guarded, were secured.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)