Caliver

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈkalɪvÉ™/

Origin

Variant of calibre.

Full definition of caliver

Noun

1. (historical) A type of light musket.
• 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.3:That done, running out into the streets, with a crosse-bow in one hand, and a caliver in the other, at two shoots, slew the two first Turks that came next to his gates ....

Anagrams

• caviler
• clavier
• valeric
• velaric