hackbut
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- hackbuteer noun
Etymology
Origin of hackbut
First recorded in 1535–45; earlier hacquebute, from Middle French, variant of ha(r)quebusche, from Middle Dutch hākebusse literally, “hookgun”; harquebus
Example Sentences
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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.'
From Project Gutenberg
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.
From Project Gutenberg
A kitchen jack leaned against a pyx, a republican sabre on a mediaeval hackbut.
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