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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries;

2. a medieval musket; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Culverin \Cul"ver*in\ (k?l"v?r-?n), n. [F. coulevrine, prop.
   fem. of couleuvrin like a serpent, fr. couleuvre adder, fr.
   L. coluber, colubra.]
   A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with
   serpent-shaped handles.
   [1913 Webster]

         Trump, and drum, and roaring culverin.   --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

culverin
    n 1: a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th
         centuries
    2: a medieval musket