arquebuses
- plural of arquebus.
Example Sentences
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The Spaniard brought only 11 ships, some 450 men, 16 horses and a modest collection of cannons, crossbows and arquebuses, precursors to the musket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
More immediately threatening was the Partridge army�a real one � whose men carried new arquebuses and long Swiss pikes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Armorers did a brisk business in swords, helmets and arquebuses, forerunners of the musket.
From Time Magazine Archive
His Majesty was still coming on, annoyed not to hear bells and cannon and arquebuses sounding and thundering and volleying.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
The "artillery" of the times was almost as worthless as the ridiculous arquebuses.
From The Spanish Pioneers by Lummis, Charles F.
