Definition of Pedrero

1. a type of old gun [n PEDREROS or PEDREROES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedrero

pedorthic
pedos
pedoscope
pedoscopes
pedrail
pedrails
pedregal
pedregals
pedrero (current term)
pedreroes
pedreros
pedro
pedros
peds
peduncle
peduncle of corpus callosum
peduncle of flocculus
peduncle of mamillary body
peduncled
peduncles
peduncular
peduncular ansa
peduncular loop

Literary usage of Pedrero

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Artillery Through the Ages: A Short Illustrated History of Cannon by Albert C. Manucy (1994)
"... used by Spain during the early colonial period in the New World, a—Culverin (Class 1). b—Cannon (Class 2). c—pedrero (Class 3). d—Mortar (Class 3). ..."

2. Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages: With a Great Variety of by Saint Hiliaire Blanc (1848)
"pedrero, sin. Stone-cutter.pedrero. Slinger. Lapidary. A foundling , a child exposed to chance. ... pedrero ..."

3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1835)
"El pedrero knew the potential value of gold,—that slave of ... To the latter extreme, or near it, had El pedrero been roused by the single doblón de a una ..."

4. Technological Dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"pedrero (mar ) eslabón de ... de pedrero. — bridge, puente giratorio. ... colisa, pedrero. — hook, gancho giratorio, alacrán o eslabón de vuelta. ..."

5. Migration and Development: New Partnerships for Co-Operation by OECD Staff (1994)
"... Chozas pedrero and Raimundo Aragon Bombin (Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Madrid) 1. Background: from emigration to immigration country ..."

6. Our Hispanic Southwest by Ernest Peixotto (1916)
"But he was finally prevailed upon to allow Vicente de Zaldivar, a brother of Juan, to lead the attack with a force of seventy men and a small pedrero, ..."

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