culverins

Besides harquebuses for the soldiers, there were many kinds of cannon with strange names, such as culverins, falconets, sakers, serpentines, and rabinets.

Introductory American History Elbert Jay Benton

... of whom four hundred should be arquebusers and two hundred pikemen; large artillery, such as culverins, with ammunition; and ammunition and weapons for those who are here now.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century James Alexander Robertson 1906

Earlier matchlocks, which required a lit match held in a “matchlock” to fire, and the even earlier hand culverins, which required manual application of a lit match, are still in circulation but no regular forces use them.

Firearms for Pathfinder « Geek Related 2009

A heavily armed small carrack might sport 2 culverins below and 5 demi-culverins on deck per side, which at that rate could sink a ship of its class but only with some work.

Cannon for Pathfinder « Geek Related 2009

"If I can afford to dress like this, just think what I can do to your castle if I spend the money on culverins instead."

Horses in seventh-century England Carla 2008

The parade is essentially military, and the culverins are on hand, hauled on their limbers by 50 horses.

Horses in seventh-century England Carla 2008

The calculus of royal display is more psychological, not just a balance sheet of dresses v culverins.

Horses in seventh-century England Carla 2008

Had we not the ways filled with poisoned caltrops, guarded by Indian archers, barred with butts full of earth, raked with culverins and arquebuses?

Westward Ho! 2007

“Heaven help us, Admiral Hawkins, who has put fire to your culverins in this fashion?” said Lord Howard.

Westward Ho! 2007

Amyas, having, as he had said, the wind, and being able to go nearer it than the Spaniard, kept his place at easy point-blank range for his two eighteen-pounder culverins, which Yeo and his mate worked with terrible effect.

Westward Ho! 2007