culverin

• On the journey to Lorraine, during the second uprising, the Huguenots took with them a very fine culverin which they nicknamed the “queen mother.” They were obliged to bury it at Villenozze as they were unable to drag it further because of its excessive weight and poor harness; and they were never able to find it again. —  Memoirs And Historical Chronicles Of The Courts Of Europe
• The man who commands that ship is a right valiant cavalier, and will put up a good fight; therefore, let no man put match to culverin or finger to trigger until I give the word. —  Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess
• The culverin, ukase, and door-tender were all fired. —  The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X)
• He is a coward,--mine head to yon apple thereon Be not so sure thereof But I am sure thereof--as sure as a culverin shot Clare dropped the subject Rather late on the following evening, with his usual quiet, business-like air, John Feversham asked for a few words with Sir Thomas. —  Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada
• It is in the form of a culverin--a long slender cannon of the period--standing upright. —  Pagan and Christian Rome

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