Pederero /(?)/

Ped·e·re·ro

Pederero

n.

[Sp. pedrero, fr. OSp. pedra, Sp. piedra, a stone, L. petra, fr. Gr. pe`tra. So named because it was at first charged with stones.]

A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance. (Mil.)

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