Also -er. [f. prec. + -EER, -ER.] A soldier armed with a culverin (hand-gun); a gunner in charge of a culverin (cannon).
1568. Reg. Secr. Sig. lib. xxxiv. fol. 84. To convoy … þame away with þair armour effeirand for coluerinaris on fute.
1849. Jas. Grant, Kirkaldy of Gr., ix. 85. The culverineers wore a habergeon with sleeves.
1881. Greener, Gun, 37. One man (the culveriner) levelled and held the weapon during discharge.
