(noun.) a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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双语例句
Other titles came later into general use, the royal or carthorne, carrying 48 pounds; the culverin, 18 pounds; the demi-culverin, 9 pounds; the basilisk, 48; the siren, 60, etc. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Hand bombards and culverins were among the early types. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.