The black charger went sweeping past them like a bolt fired from a culverin-close following upon the heels of the fugitive, with Cornet Stubbs seated in the saddle, apparently urging the pursuit.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
He had married a sister of Jean de Chaligny, the celebrated gun-founder of Lorraine, who cast the famous culverin, twenty-two feet high.
"Renée Mauperin"
Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt
He had been like a loaded culverin, and Wolf had now touched the burning match to the powder.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers