culver

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʌlvə/ Rhymes: -ʌlvə === Etymology 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”). ==== Noun ==== culver (plural culvers) (now UK, south and east dialect or poetic) A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus. c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665): The palsie plagues my pulseswhen I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullenyour culuers take, or matchles makeyour Chanticleare or sullen ===== Synonyms ===== wood pigeon, wood-pigeon, woodpigeon ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From culverin, perhaps by confusion with culver (“dove or pigeon”). ==== Noun ==== culver (plural culvers) A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon. ===== Translations ===== === References === == Middle English == === Noun === culver alternative form of culvere