hackbut

American

[hak-buht] / ˈhæk bʌt /

Also hagbut

noun

arquebus.

hackbut British

/ ˈhækbʌt /

noun

another word for arquebus

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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”; see harquebus

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hackbut

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

From The Magic Skin by Ellen Marriage

Both arquebus and hackbut are common in Scott— "His arms were halbert, axe, or spear, A cross-bow there, a hackbut here, A dagger-knife, and brand."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley

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