fusil
1[fyoo-zuh l, -sil]
noun
a light flintlock musket.
Origin of fusil
11670–80; < French: musket, Old French fuisil, foisil steel for striking fire < Vulgar Latin *focīlis, derivative of Latin focus fire. See focus
fusil
2[fyoo-zuh l, -sil]
adjective
Also fu·sile [fyoo-zuh l, -sil, -sahyl] /ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl, -saɪl/.
Origin of fusil
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Historical Examples of fusil
Our artillery lost its value, and we met them with fusil and caliver.
John SplendidNeil Munro
Alexis, meanwhile, had dropped his rifle and taken up the fusil of Pouchskin.
BruinMayne Reid
You talk one minute about using your fusil to shoot me, and I am not afraid.
Trapped by MalaysGeorge Manville Fenn
When I had reached and cocked it, I presented it at an Indian who was unsheathing his fusil.
Many are also provided with the Northwestern fusil, and some have rifles.
fusil
1noun
Word Origin for fusil
C16 (in the sense: steel for a tinderbox): from Old French fuisil, from Vulgar Latin focīlis (unattested), from Latin focus fire
fusil
2noun
Word Origin for fusil
C15: from Old French fusel, ultimately from Latin fūsus spindle, fuse 1 (the heraldic lozenge originally represented a spindle covered with tow for spinning)
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