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What (who) is culverin - definition

EARLY GUN

Couleuvrines; Hand culverin; Couleuvrine; Culverins

Culverin

·noun A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.

culverin

['k?lv(?)r?n]

¦ noun

1. a 16th- or 17th-century cannon with a relatively long barrel for its bore.

2. a kind of handgun of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Origin

C15: from OFr. coulevrine, from couleuvre 'snake'.

Demi-culverin

TYPE OF CANNON

Demiculverin; Demi culverin

The demi-culverin was a medium cannon similar to but slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a regular culverin developed in the late 16th century.Artillery through the ages Barrels of demi-culverins were typically about long, had a calibre of and could weigh up to .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demi-culverin

Wikipedia

Culverin

A culverin was initially an ancestor of the hand-held arquebus, but later was used to describe a type of medieval and Renaissance cannon. The term is derived from the antiquated "culuering" and the French "couleuvrine" (from couleuvre "grass snake", following the Latin colubrinus "of the nature of a snake".) From its origin as a hand-held weapon it was adapted for use as artillery by the French in the 15th century, and for naval use by the English in the 16th century. The culverin as an artillery piece had a long smoothbore barrel with a relatively long range and flat trajectory, using solid round shot projectiles with high muzzle velocity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culverin