pederero
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Spanish pedrero, from Medieval Latin petrarium. Compare petrary.
Noun
pederero (plural pedereros or pedereroes)
- (military, now historical) A short piece of chambered ordnance, used to fire stones in naval and siege warfare. [from 16th c.]
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- His habitation is defended by a ditch, over which he has laid a draw-bridge, and planted his court-yard with patereroes continually loaded with shot […] .