Explore Culverin through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like cannon or musket. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Culverin meaning
- Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.
- A kind of handgun.
Using Culverin
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery. | A kind of handgun. | Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.
- Useful related words include: cannon, musket.
Context around Culverin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Culverin
- In this selection, "culverin" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, great, bastard, legitimate, bastard, legitimate and falcon stand out and add context to how "culverin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cannon great culverin bastard culverin and culverin bastard culverin legitimate culverin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "culverin" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with culverin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Henry II of France opted for six sizes of cannon, The six sizes are, in order from largest to smallest: the cannon, great culverin, bastard culverin, "legitimate" culverin, falcon, and falconet. (31 words)
Sadler, p. 60. Despite the increased maneuverability, however, cannon were still the slowest component of the army: a heavy English cannon required 23 horses to transport, while a culverin needed nine. (31 words)
Henry II of France opted for six sizes of cannon, The six sizes are, in order from largest to smallest: the cannon, great culverin, bastard culverin, "legitimate" culverin, falcon, and falconet. (31 words)
Sadler, p. 60. Despite the increased maneuverability, however, cannon were still the slowest component of the army: a heavy English cannon required 23 horses to transport, while a culverin needed nine. (31 words)
Example sentences (2)
Henry II of France opted for six sizes of cannon, The six sizes are, in order from largest to smallest: the cannon, great culverin, bastard culverin, "legitimate" culverin, falcon, and falconet.
Sadler, p. 60. Despite the increased maneuverability, however, cannon were still the slowest component of the army: a heavy English cannon required 23 horses to transport, while a culverin needed nine.