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arquebus
[ ahr-kwuh-buhs ]
noun
- any of several small-caliber long guns operated by a matchlock or wheel-lock mechanism, dating from about 1400.
arquebus
/ ˈɑːkwɪbəs /
noun
- a portable long-barrelled gun dating from the 15th century: fired by a wheel-lock or matchlock Also calledhackbuthagbut
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Origin of arquebus1
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Example Sentences
Betwixt the third couple of towers were the butts for arquebus, crossbow, and arbalist.
Arquebus, a hand-gun; a species of fire-arm of the sixteenth century, resembling a musket.
To handle the pike or arquebus efficiently required long training, and veterans were always accepted before recruits.
It was arranged that upon the discharge of an arquebus they were to surround the dwelling and suffer no one to escape.
At the concerted signal four of the Spaniards rushed forward, the fifth discharged his arquebus.
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