harquebus

[ hahr-kwuh-buhs ]

/ ˈhɑr kwə bəs /

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noun, plural har·que·bus·es.

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Also har·que·buse, har·que·buss .

Also called hackbut, hagbut .

Words nearby harquebus

harpoon gun, harp seal, harpsichord, Harpy, harpy eagle, harquebus, harquebusier, Harrer, harridan, harried, harrier

How to use harquebus in a sentence

At the Admiral's command the harquebus and crossbow men laid their weapons down, though watchful eye was kept.
1492|Mary Johnston
Improvements in the harquebus and musket, as it got to be called later on, continued to be developed from time to time.
Broad-Sword and Single-Stick|R. G. Allanson-Winn
The harquebus-a-croc, a weapon almost exactly similar, threw small cross-bar shot "to cut Sails and Rigging."
On the Spanish Main|John Masefield
Here's a fine blade, now, and a musket—give me a harquebus; I could shoot once, but my arm is all of a wamble now.
With Drake on the Spanish Main|Herbert Strang

Well, a lot of Terrans in the Year Zero had never seen a suit of armor, or an harquebus, or even a tinder box or a spinning wheel.
Naudsonce|H. Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for harquebus

harquebus

/ (ˈhɑːkwɪbəs) /

noun plural -buses

a variant of arquebus

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