[ˈkʌlv(ə)rɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a 16th- or 17th-century cannon with a relatively long barrel for its bore

- a kind of handgun of the 15th and 16th centuries


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Origin:
late 15th century (in culverin): from Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre ‘snake’, based on Latin colubra