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Meaning of "culverin" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CULVERIN

From Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre, from Latin coluber serpent.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CULVERIN

culverin  [ˈkʌlvərɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CULVERIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Culverin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CULVERIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

culverin

Culverin

A culverin was a relatively simple ancestor of the musket, and later a medieval cannon, adapted for use by the French in the 15th century, and later adapted for naval use by the English in the late 16th century. The culverin was used to bombard targets from a distance. The weapon had a relatively long barrel and a light construction. The culverin fired solid round shot projectiles with a high muzzle velocity, producing a relatively long range and flat trajectory. Round shot refers to the classic solid spherical cannonball.

Definition of culverin in the English dictionary

The definition of culverin in the dictionary is a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. Other definition of culverin is a medieval musket.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CULVERIN


aneurin
əˈnjʊərɪn
burin
ˈbjʊərɪn
cholesterin
kəˈlestərɪn
Erin
ˈɪərɪn
fiorin
ˈfaɪərɪn
glycerine
ˈɡlɪsərɪn
heparin
ˈhɛpərɪn
Katharine
ˈkæθərɪn
Katherine
ˈkæθərɪn
mandarin
ˈmændərɪn
margarin
ˈmɑːɡərɪn
Mazarin
ˈmæzərɪn
navarin
ˈnævərɪn
nectarine
ˈnɛktərɪn
nitroglycerin
ˌnaɪtrəʊˈɡlɪsərɪn
purin
ˈpjʊərɪn
savarin
ˈsævərɪn
tamarin
ˈtæmərɪn
urine
ˈjʊərɪn
warfarin
ˈwɔːfərɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CULVERIN

culture gap
culture jamming
culture lag
culture medium
culture shock
culture vulture
culture-fair test
culture-free test
cultured
cultured pearl
cultureless
culturist
cultus
culty
culver
Culver´s physic
Culver´s root
culverineer
culvert
culvertage

WORDS THAT END LIKE CULVERIN

aminopterin
bacterin
cinerin
Couperin
elaterin
feerin
glycerin
gorgerin
hemosiderin
luciferin
poperin
pterin
Schwerin
serin
suberin
Vacherin
xanthopterin

Synonyms and antonyms of culverin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «culverin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CULVERIN

Find out the translation of culverin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of culverin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «culverin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

长管炮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

culebrina
570 millions of speakers

English

culverin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

culverin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

culverin
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кулеврина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

culverin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

culverin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couleuvrine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Culverin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schlange
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

culverin
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

culverin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Culverin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

culverin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

culverin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कल्व्हरिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

culverin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colubrina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

culverin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кулеврини
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

culevrina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

culverin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

culverin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

culverin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

culverin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of culverin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CULVERIN»

The term «culverin» is regularly used and occupies the 88.349 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CULVERIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «culverin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «culverin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about culverin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CULVERIN»

Discover the use of culverin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to culverin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Artillery Through the Ages: A Short Illustrated History of ...
culverin of that century was an 18-pounder. Furthermore, midway of the 1500's, Henry II greatly simplified French ordnance by holding his artillery down to the 33 -pounder cannon, 15-pounder great culverin, 7/2- pounder bastard culverin, ...
Albert C. Manucy, 1994
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English Civil War Artillery 1642-51
Generally, guns can be put into two categories: the battering types and the culverin types. Those that were used for battering, or siege guns, were the likes of the cannon, demi<annon and sometimes the perrier. The perrier was normally a  ...
Chris Henry, 2005
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The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of ...
In addition to a company of firelocks who were attached to the artillery to protect it , the Royalist train at Naseby required a great number of men and draft animals: • 2 demi-cannon - 6 gunners, 12 matrosses, 34 horses 2 demi-culverin - 4 ...
Stephen C. Manganiello, 2004
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The Lancashire lieutenancy under the Tudors and Stuarts: The ...
Robinet 1 0 $ 1 Faleonet 2 14 2 li Faleon 2\ 16 2£ 2\ Minion 4J 17 4£ 3 Sacre, Sacar 5 18 5 3£ Demi-Culverin... 9 20 9 4 Culverin 18 25 18 5£ Demi-Cannon ... 30 38 28 6± Cannon 60 20 44 7f E. Cannon 42 20 20 6$ Basilisk 60 21 60 8i From ...
Chetham Society, John Harland, 1859
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The Lancashire lieutenancy under the Tudors and Stuarts: The ...
Robinet 1 0 ± 1 Falconet 2 14 2 1J Falcon 2| 16 2£ 2\ Minion 4£ 17 H 3 Sacre, Sacar 5 18 5 3J Demi-Culverin... 9 20 9 4 Culverin 18 25 18 5J Demi-Cannon ... 30 38 28 6J Cannon 60 20 44 7f E.Cannon 42 20 20 6| Basilisk 60 21 60 8± From a ...
John Harland, 1859
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Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the ...
Bobinet 1 0 i 1 Falcouet 2 14 2 li Falcon 2* 16 2* 2J Minion 4* 17 4J 3 Sacre, Sacar 5 18 5 3J Dcmi-Culverin... 9 20 9 4 Culverin 18 25 18 5* Demi-Cannon ... 30 38 28 6$ Cannon 60 20 44 7| E. Cannon 42 20 20 6| Basilisk 60 21 60 8J From a ...
7
The Lancashire Lieutenancy Under the Tudors Ans Stuarts
Demi-culverin, 9% pounder, 4' inches bore. Basilisk, 15 pounder, 5 inches bore. Culverin, 17% pounder, 5% inches bore. (Elsewhere we have the large culverin 20 pounder, ordinary culverin 17, smallest, called by Crusoe the great culverin, ...
John Harland, 1859
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The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of ...
In the early 16th century one type of naval culverin was standardized at a caliber of 1 40mm. It fired solid shot or specialized ordnance up to 8 kilogram in weight. By the start of the 1 7th century "culverin" described a gun 1 1-12 feet long, that ...
Cathal J. Nolan, 2006
9
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of ...
R. O. Account of Th. Batcok of Bristow, for making a culverin for the King at Fontarabia. To Maria Perys de Savada of the Passage, house hire for 6 pieces of iron left with her, belonging to a mould of the culverin " that was faylyd of his castyng ...
Great Britain. Public Record Office, John Sherren Brewer, Robert Henry Brodie, 1864
10
Encyclopædia of Antiquities: And Elements of Archaeology, ...
Grose. f Elsev/here we have the large Culverin 20 pounder, ordina- | ry Culverin 17> smallest Culverin, called in Capt. Crusoe's Art <( Militarie, the great Culverin, 15j pounds (p. 118.); the largeDemi-culverin or whole Culverin, 12, the ...
Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, 1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CULVERIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term culverin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review of 'One Piece' Chapter 484 - Gear Four
Luffy tries to go for his third new attack, “Gum-Gum Culverin,” but ... kick and nails him in the face with his “Gum-Gum Culverin” attack. «The News Hub, Apr 15»
2
Around Culver, late March - April 2015
To sign up and learn more, visit relayforlife.org/culverin. Texas Hold-Em at VFW April 12 The Culver VFW Post 6919 holds Texas Hold-Em tournaments on the ... «Pilot News, Mar 15»
3
Culver happenings, early March, 2015
To sign up and learn more, visit relayforlife.org/culverin. Facade grant program for Culver businesses The Culver Redevelopment Commission ... «Pilot News, Mar 15»
4
Historic tall ship coming to Fort Lauderdale
The 170-foot ship is a replica of the ships used primarily for trade and occasionally as warships equipped with demi-culverin cannons. «Sun Sentinel, Dec 14»
5
Mary Rose Cannon to be Used in British Museum's History Project
The Mary Rose Museum's cannon, a bronze 'demi culverin' over 3 metres long which dates from 1537 and was found on the castle deck of the ... «AboutMyArea, Sep 14»
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Narrow Gauge Railways on the Royal Arsenal
Otherwise steam continued in use, and with rapid expansion in WWI more of a “Culverin” design first purchased in 1884 were ordered; and 16 ... «Crosswhatfields?, Jul 14»
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Da Vinci's Demons: David S. Goyer Promises a Darker and More …
“We kind of leave Season 1 with Riario about to blow open the sacristy doors with a culverin,” Ritson said. “And we will see what happens there ... «IGN, Jan 14»
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Promoter Says Tall Ship Attracted 14000 While In Ocean City
The most common gun used aboard a galeon was the demi-culverin, although gun sizes up to demi-cannon were possible. Because of the ... «The Dispatch, Sep 13»
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Civil War Society to stage the Battle of Chippenham
Named 'Barak' after a hero of the Old Testament, the 'Demi-Culverin' is three times as powerful as any of the artillery pieces on show during the ... «The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald, Jun 13»
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Anschutz Completes Glacier Well: Weekly Oil Report
The Culverin 1-32H has an SHL at SW SW 32-21N-60E (200 FSL/660 FWL) and a Bottom Hole Location (BHL) of 15,060 feet at NW NW ... «Fairfield Sun Times, Apr 13»

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