Ribeaudequin

Ribeaudequin
1) Cart mounting several small culverins discharged together.
(Seward, Desmond. Henry V: The Scourge of God, 224)
2) Several small calibre cannon clamped on a wheeled platform to form a primitive quick-firing gun.
(Wise, Terence. Medieval Warfare, 250)
Related terms: Culverin

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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  • Culverin — 1) Light cannon firing lead or bronze bullets mounted on portable rest and the ancestor of the hand gun and the harquebus. (Seward, Desmond. Henry V: The Scourge of God, 222) 2) Long barrelled cannon of cast bronze with a small calibre. (Wise,… …   Medieval glossary

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