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hagbut
[hag-buht]
hagbut
/ ˈhæɡbʌt /
noun
another word for arquebus
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- hagbuteer noun
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Subsequently the stock was bent, a German invention, and the arm was called a hackbutt or hagbut, and the smaller variety a demihague.
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A hagbut or hand cannon, anciently in use.
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The arquebus constructed in this manner was used in England in the time of Henry VIII., and was variously called haquebut, hakebut, hagbut, and hagbus, names all derived from the hooked shape of the butt.
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