ARQUEBUS

arquebus, harquebus, hackbut, hagbut

(noun) an obsolete firearm with a long barrel

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

arquebus (plural arquebuses)

Alternative form of harquebus (“An obsolete matchlock firearm”).

Verb

arquebus (third-person singular simple present arquebuses, present participle arquebusing, simple past and past participle arquebused)

(transitive, rare) To shoot with an arquebus.

Source: Wiktionary

Ar"que*bus, Ar"que*buse, n. Etym: [F. arquebuse, OF. harquebuse, fr. D. haak-bus; cf. G. hakenbüchse a gun with a hook. See Hagbut.]

Definition: 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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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