culver

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus. UK
    — Had he ſo doen, he had him ſnatcht away, / More light then Culuer in the Faulcons fiſt.
  2. A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon.
    — Falcon and culver on each tower / Stood prompt, their deadly hail to shower; […]

词形变化

culvers plural culvers plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from Latin columba (“pigeon, dove”).
词源 2
From culverin, perhaps by confusion with culver (“dove or pigeon”).
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