saker

aavikkohaukka A falcon (w:Falco cherrug|Falco cherrug) native of Southern Europe and Asia.
A medium cannon slightly smaller than a culverin developed during the early 17th century.
1663, w:Hudibras Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, s:Hudibras/Part 1/Canto 2|canto 2

Of warlike engines he was author, / Devised for quick despatch of slaughter: / The cannon, blunderbuss, and saker, / He was th' inventor of, and maker: ...