demiculverin

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noun

A medium cannon, slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a culverin.

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Meanings

noundemiculverin (plural demiculverins)

plural demiculverins

  1. historicalA 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

Origin

From demi- + culverin.

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APA

demiculverin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demiculverin

MLA

“demiculverin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demiculverin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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