falconer

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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.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Johnson, Rossiter

The men on deck might make a show of firing once or twice with the falconets.

From The Boy Knight by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The artillery, consisting of ten brass field-pieces and four falconets, were brought on shore to inspect and complete its equipment, and placed under the charge of four gunners, named Meza, Arbenga, Catalan, and Usagre.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

The crew of the Rose replied with their falconets and sakers from the poop.

From The Boy Knight by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

But Cesare, nowise disturbed by that banner, pursued his preparations, which included the mounting of seven cannons and ten falconets in the square before the Church of St. John the Baptist.

From The Life of Cesare Borgia by Sabatini, Rafael