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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Culverin

properly means a serpent (Latin, colubrinus, the coluber), but is applied to a long, slender piece of artillery employed in the sixteenth century to carry balls to a great distance. Queen Elizabeth's “Pocket Pistol” in Dover Castle is a culverin.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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