hackbut

Also hag·but

[hak-buht]

noun

1. arquebus.

hackbut

/ ˈhækbʌt /

noun

1. another word for arquebus

Other Word Forms

• hackbuteer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hackbut¹

First recorded in 1535–45; earlier hacquebute, from Middle French, variant of ha(r)quebusche, from Middle Dutch hākebusse literally, “hookgun”; harquebus

Example Sentences

In the mean time, you may amuse yourself with my suspense, and put all the justices of peace in requisition, in case I come into your county with 'hackbut bent.'

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On the Regent’s entry her men “discharged their volley of hackbuts,” probably to clear their pieces, a method of unloading which prevailed as late as Waterloo. 

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A discharge of crossbows and hackbuts against the front of the church followed.

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A kitchen jack leaned against a pyx, a republican sabre on a mediaeval hackbut.

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