culverin/ˈkʌlvəɹɪn/EtymologyFrom Middle English culveryne, from Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre (“snake”) (or from Latin colubrīnus), ultimately from Latin colubra, coluber (“snake”). Doublet of colubrine.culverin means any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.; A kind of handgun. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.culverin is pronounced /ˈkʌlvəɹɪn/.nounAny 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.; A large cannon.“Let Sacars, Culuerings, and Cannons ſound / In honour of their bones, and rock the ground / With all your deafning terrors: for behold / The Balſum for your wounds, are rich mens gold, / Powder the world with wonder, and thus crie, / The Camel now may paſſe the needles eie.”