patereros

It is probable that besides these were the four smallest cannon, called "patereros" (or "murderers"), which, at the time of De

The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Azel Ames 1876

The _Happy Despatch_ was a great ship of some forty guns besides such smaller pieces as minions, patereros and the like; she was moreover a notable good sailer and as the hours passed it was manifest we were fast overhauling our quarry.

Martin Conisby's Vengeance Jeffery Farnol 1915

Mart'n, six culverins and t'others sakers, and yonder astern two basilisks as shall work ye death and destruction at two or three thousand paces; 'bove deck amidships I've divers goodly pieces as minions, falcons and patereros with murderers mounted aft to sweep the waist.

Black Bartlemy's Treasure Jeffery Farnol 1915

In the centre, on the cross street, stands the governor's house, before which is a square stockade upon which four patereros are mounted, so as to enfilade the streets.

Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 1898

In the centre on the cross street stands the Governor's house, before which is a square erection upon which four patereros are mounted so as to flank along the streets.

Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims 1862

Four towns of the name of Merve have existed at different epochs; that of the present day hardly deserves the name, it being only an assemblage of wretched huts commanded by a small mud fort, in which a governor on the part of the Khan of Khiva resides, and defended by a few patereros and swivel matchlocks.

Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

The Plymouth, he took the Galgo pri« vateer, of St. Sebestian*s, of 12 guns, 12 patereros, and 140 men, which had then taken 21 English prizes.

Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century; comprizing biographical memoirs of William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A. 1812

a square block, answering the purposes of a fort, and mounted with four patereros, or small cannon, commanded the streets and four points of entrance.

The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance John Turvill Adams