culverin

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (historical) Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.
2. (historical) Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.

Sinonieme

half-banded snake eel

halfbanded snake eel

halfbanded snake-eel

Vertalings

culebrina

Feldschlange

couleuvrine

colubrina

moschetto

Leiuranus semicinctus

Kolubrine

veldslang

culverin

colubrina

Leiuranus semicinictus

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkʌlvəɹɪn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: culveryne

In summary

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