culver

noun2

1. •
   (UK) A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.

   • Had he so doen, he had him snatcht away, / More light then Culuer in the Faulcons fist. — 1590
2. •
   A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon.

   • Falcon and culver on each tower / Stood prompt, their deadly hail to shower; […] — 1805