sakers

The "sakers" are said to have carried a four-pound ball, the "minions" a three-pound ball, and the "bases" a ball of a pound weight.

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

Of these, two (2) were "sakers," -- guns ten feet long of 3 to 4 inches bore, weighing from fifteen to eighteen hundred pounds each; two (2) were "minions" (or "falcons"), -- guns of 3 1/2 inch bore, weighing twelve hundred pounds (1200 lbs.) each; and two (2) were

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

a dozen bell-mouthed brass blunderbusses, and a few old-fashioned wall-pieces, such as sakers and culverins taken from the manor-houses of the county.

Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

We floated in a circle like a pair of lonely sakers, measuring the other in a game above the Gandomak plains, each searching for prey.

A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010

He walked about it awhile but, finding its only inhabitants sakers which nested in the sand, he again anointed his feet and trudged over the Fifth Sea, walking night and day till he came to a little island, whose soil and hills were like crystal.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

He knew I would like this one because it depicts petroglyphs at Tamgaly in the Kazakh steppes, where we have both seen sakers.

Archive 2006-11-01 2006

We saw both at Tamgaly, as well as sakers, harriers, red- footed falcons...

One More 2006

Gorbatov is working on illustrating a monograph on the sakers for a German scientist.

One More 2006

The cannons – four sakers (which fire a six-pound ball) already in place and in use and two demi-culverins (which fire 12-pound balls) now under construction – are fully functional duplicates of those ordered by Lord Ashley Cooper from faraway London to help defend the fledgling New World colony.

Cannons Again Bolster Defense of Charles Towne Landing Thatsnews 2006

The cannons – four sakers (which fire a six-pound ball) already in place and in use and two demi-culverins (which fire 12-pound balls) now under construction – are fully functional duplicates of those ordered by Lord Ashley Cooper from faraway London to help defend the fledgling New World colony.

Archive 2006-12-01 Thatsnews 2006