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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1589, 1675
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Robinet(t, n. [e.m.E. robynet a kind of small cannon, (1547, in an inventory of ‘Skottishe Gounes’ in the Tower of London), hoisting-tackle (1497), also = a robin redbreast (c1425), f. OF Robinet, diminutive of the personal name Robin.] A small cannon. — 1589 Cal. Sc. P. X 217.
Tua robinettis of brass ?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. II 253.
From a pistoll to feeld peeces, such as sakers or robinetts
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