The dialogue was here interrupted by a shot or two from one of those small pieces of artillery called falconets, then used in defending castles. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Sixteen horses accompanied the expedition, and it had ten heavy cannon, four light field-guns, called falconets, and a good supply of ammunition. ❋ L. Lamprey (1910)
They were accompanied by two pieces of small artillery called falconets, each having a bore of two inches and carrying a shot weighing about a pound and a half, being, with the three arquebusiers, ❋ Cyrus Townsend Brady (1890)
Pedro de Candia, with a few soldiers and the artillery, comprehending under this imposing name two small pieces of ordnance called falconets, he established in the fortress. ❋ John [Editor] Rudd (1885)
He was provided with ten heavy guns, four lighter pieces called falconets, and with a good supply of ammunition. ❋ Unknown (1843)
Swivel-gun: Swivel-guns, which come in varieties also known as falcons, falconets, or robinets, can take a 1-2 pound solid shot or be filled with a dozen pistol shots. ❋ Unknown (2009)
She was built man-of-war fashion with a sharp prow, long lines that held the promise of speed, a high forecastle and a raised poop with a battery of small swivel-mounted falconets. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)
“We made bonfires in honour of the birth of my lord the Duke of Orléans, and began afresh to make our cannon and falconets thunder, with good store of musketry, though not until after we had sung a Te Deum for the occasion.” ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)
She was built man-of-war fashion with a sharp prow, long lines that held the promise of speed, and a raised poop with a battery of small swivel-mounted brass falconets. ❋ David Hackett Fischer (2008)
Amyas, in quality of body-guard: and, as was common enough in those days, had turned soldier for the nonce, and taken under his patronage two or three rusty bases (swivels) and falconets ❋ Unknown (2007)
Bored with the sea watch, most of us looked at other birds in the surrounding remnant forest - resident sea-eagles, scarlet minivets, tiny falconets, dollarbirds doing their aerial dance that earned them their other name: rollers. ❋ Glenda Larke (2007)
For artillery, the top of the Tower was mounted with some antiquated wall-pieces, and small cannons, which bore the old-fashioned names of culverins, sakers, demi-sakers, falcons, and falconets. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Our company seeing us not to return according to our appointment, left off shooting muskets and began to shoot falconets, for they feared some mishap had befallen us; but before night we came aboard again, with our boat laden with ice, which made very good fresh water. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The patriots, still in possession of the town, sought by aid of their falconets to prevent a landing, but without avail. ❋ Paul Barron Watson (N/A)
Culverins are mentioned occasionally and demiculverins rather frequently, but most common were the falconets, falcons, minions, and sakers. ❋ Albert Manucy (N/A)
For the larger plantation there were small cannon, called murderers, usually placed at the bow of a ship to prevent boarding, falconets and petronels. ❋ Annie Lash Jester (N/A)
Besides harquebuses for the soldiers, there were many kinds of cannon with strange names, such as culverins, falconets, sakers, serpentines, and rabinets. ❋ Elbert Jay Benton (N/A)
[I think] [I saw] a falconet ❋ SmolBirb (2018)
