Definition
Plural of culverin; multiple long, slender cannons used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Etymology
Standard English plural of culverin. Multiple culverins would have been deployed in military fortifications and on ships during the age of early gunpowder warfare.
Kelly Says
A ship or fortress might have dozens of culverins—they were so common in Renaissance warfare that they became the standard long-range weapon, but within a century they'd be replaced by more advanced cannons and become mostly historical curiosities.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Culverins
k alve-rin
ARالعربية
قنابل ثقيلة
qanābal thāqīlah
BNবাংলা
Culverins
k alve-rin
CACatalà
culverins
kul-ve-rins
CSČeština
culveriny
kul-ve-ri-ny
DADansk
culveriner
kul-ve-ri-ner
DEDeutsch
Culverins
kül-ver-iːns
ELΕλληνικά
Culverins
k alve-rin
ESEspañol
culverines
kul-ver-ee-nes
FAفارسی
Culverins
k alve-rin
FISuomi
culverinit
kul-ve-ri-nit
FRFrançais
culverins
k alve-lɛ̃
GUGU
Culverins
k alve-rin
HAHA
Culverins
k alve-rin
HEעברית
Culverins
k alve-rin
HIहिन्दी
कुल्वरिन
kul-ve-rin
HUMagyar
culverinek
kul-ve-re-nek
IDBahasa Indonesia
culverins
kul-ve-rin
IGIG
Culverins
k alve-rin
ITItaliano
culverini
kul-ve-ree-nee
KKKK
Culverins
k alve-rin
KMKM
Culverins
k alve-rin
MRMR
Culverins
k alve-rin
MSBahasa Melayu
Culverins
k alve-rin
MYမြန်မာ
Culverins
k alve-rin
NLNederlands
culverins
kul-ver-i-nz
NONorsk
culveriner
kul-ve-ri-ner
PAPA
Culverins
k alve-rin
PLPolski
culveriny
kul-ve-ri-ny
PTPortuguês
culverins
kul-ver-ĩs
RORomână
culverine
kul-ve-ri-ne
RUРусский
Culverins
k alve-rin
SVSvenska
culveriner
kul-ve-ri-ner
SWKiswahili
Culverins
k alve-rin
TAதமிழ்
Culverins
k alve-rin
TEతెలుగు
Culverins
k alve-rin
THไทย
Culverins
kǎl-ve-rin
TLTL
Culverins
k alve-rin
TRTürkçe
culverin
kul-ve-rin
UKУкраїнська
Culverins
k alve-rin
URاردو
Culverins
k alve-rin
VITiếng Việt
culverins
kəl-ve-rin
YOYO
Culverins
k alve-rin
ZUZU
Culverins
k alve-rin