cartow

answer Answers

ProphetesAI is thinking...

MindMap

Loading...

Sources

1
cartow
† carˈtow Sc. Obs. [app. ad. 16th c. Flem. kartouwe ‘genus bombardæ maioris, vulgo cartuna et quartana, Ger. cartaun, It. courtaun’ (Kilian); meaning ‘quarter-cannon’ (carthoun). The Flemish word and the form curtall ‘a great gun’ mentioned by Hall, suggest F. quartaut, in the 16th c. quartault, the... Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai 0.0 3.0 0.0
2
Kartouwe
gun was called Kartaune in German or cartouwe in contemporary Latin usage, in the Swedish Empire Kartow, spelling variants include kartouw, kartouve, cartow wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org 0.0 1.5 0.0
3
carthoun
† carthoun Obs. [= Ger. kartaune, kartane, ad. It. and med.L. quartana, which, as well as the former Ger. transl. viertelsbüchse ‘quarter-gun’, designated originally ‘a 25-pounder cannon in relation to the largest siege-pieces of 100 lbs.’ (Kluge). Also cartow, q.v.] A kind of cannon, also called a ... Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai 0.0 0.90000004 0.0