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Definition of Petronel

Petronel
Petronel Pet`ro*nel, n. [OF. petrinal, fr. peitrine, petrine, the breast, F. poitrine; so called because it was placed against the breast in order to fire. See Poitrel.] A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century.

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- Look up petronel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The petronel was a 16th- and 17th-century black-powder muzzle-loading firearm, defined by Robert...
- RFA Petronel, a fleet support tanker, was used at the end of World War I, to support minesweepers in the North Sea. It was also used during World War II...
- Petronel Nieuwoudt is a South African wildlife conservationist. In 2011, she established the Care For Wild rhinoceros sanctuary in Mpumalanga, South Africa...
- Petronel (1877 – 3 July 1897) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After showing promise when winning the Troy Stakes as a juvenile in 1879,...
- signs away her dowry, Petronel makes hasty preparations to sail to Virginia. Before their departure, Quicksilver and Petronel tell old Security to distract...
- Petronel Malan, born in Pretoria, South Africa is a South African concert pianist based in the United States. Triple Grammy-nominated South African pianist...
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- Mary Hyacinthe Petronel White OBE (4 October 1900 – 1 June 1984) was an Australian women's rights campaigner, the first woman elected to the Brisbane City...
- century the harquebusier was envisioned, like the similar and earlier petronel, as a support for more heavily-armoured cavalrymen such as the demi-lancer...
- latter is away. At the gates, Petronel meets the devil Uriáš, who is there to collect sinners once they have been judged. Petronel sentences three souls to...