culverins

noun

plural of culverin
as in fieldpieces

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  1. small arms
  2. muskets
  3. firearms
Noun
  • Earlier, Rostec also highlighted that small arms’ performance characteristics remain unchanged when using the Mnogotochie, eliminating the need for modifications or installation of attachments.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
  • Those women and girls made millions of rounds of small arms ammunition, as well as cannonballs and explosives for the war effort.
    — Christopher DeRose, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Definition of small arms
Noun
  • Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets.
    — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026
  • The new United States needed muskets, cannons, ammunition, uniforms, cloth, food and credit.
    — R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
Definition of muskets
Noun
  • California has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but state lawmakers are concerned that a new technology is allowing criminals to obtain firearms by building them from scratch.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
  • On Saturday, Judge D’Anthony Thedford allowed for Davis’ pretrial release, but ordered him to surrender his firearm owner’s identification card and firearms to law enforcement within 48 hours.
    — William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
Definition of firearms
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