| 单词 | bastard culverin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbastard culverin bastard culverin n. now historical a small culverin, typically capable of firing projectiles weighing between 8 and 12 pounds (approx. 3.6 and 5.45 kg). ΚΠ 1536 in J. Gairdner Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1888) (modernized text) XI. 198 1 bastard culverin, 56 chambers, 4 mortars, 1 bumbard, 10 fowlers, [etc.]. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 166 The besieged planted a bastard Culuerin vpon the Bulworke of Pekel. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at Bastard) The ordinary bastard culverin carries a ball of eight pounds. 1895 W. L. Clowes in H. D. Traill Social Eng. III. xii. 462 On her [sc. the Ark Royal's] upper deck..she mounted the remaining 23 [brass guns], which in no case exceeded in weight the weight of a bastard-culverin. 1985 Burlington Mag. June 16/2 The bastard culverin..is displayed on an exact facsimile of the original elm carriage on which it was supported. bastard culverin The length of the ordinary culverin ranged from 10 to 13 ft., the diameter of its bore from 5 to 51/ 2 inches, and the weight of shot from 17 to 20 lbs. bastard culverin, bore 4 in., shot about 7 lbs.; demi-culverin or culverin-moyen, bore 41/ 2 in., shot about 10 lbs.: see demi-culverin n.extracted from culverinn.< as lemmas |
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