pederero

English

Alternative forms

• paderero, paterero, peterero

Etymology

From Spanish pedrero, from Medieval Latin petrarium. Compare petrary.

Noun

pederero (plural pedereros or pedereroes)

1. (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 […], volumes (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 […] .