caliver

English

Etymology

Variant of calibre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkalɪvə/

Noun

caliver (plural calivers)

1. (historical) A type of light musket.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     That done, running out into the streets, with a crosse-bow in one hand, and a caliver [translating harquebouze] in the other, at two shoots, slew the two first Turks that came next to his gates […].

Anagrams

• caviler, clavier, valeric, velaric