| Pronunciation: | | 'ârkwubus
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[n] an obsolete firearm with a long barrel |
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ARQUEBUS is a 8 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | hackbut, hagbut, harquebus |
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| | See Also: | | muzzle loader |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ar"que*bus\, Arquebuse \Ar"que*buse\ (?; 277), n. [F.
arquebuse, OF. harquebuse, fr. D. haak-bus; cf. G.
hakenb["u]chse a gun with a hook. See {Hagbut}.]
A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a
trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket
was a later invention. [Written also {harquebus}.]
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