harquebus
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harquebuses
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The Pilgrim gained a foothold with his harquebus.
From Time Magazine Archive
And my Lord Understanding had like to have been slain with an harquebus, but that he that shot wanted to take his aim aright.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan
An old term for a harquebus, or hand-gun.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
"They fighting with their great ordnance," writes Medina Sidonia, "and we with harquebus fire and musketry, the distance being very small."
From A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens
At the Admiral's command the harquebus and crossbow men laid their weapons down, though watchful eye was kept.
From 1492 by Mary Johnston
The Spanish had crossbows, harquebuses and armor- clad horses, none of which the natives had ever seen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides harquebuses for the soldiers, there were many kinds of cannon with strange names, such as culverins, falconets, sakers, serpentines, and rabinets.
From Introductory American History by Henry Eldridge Bourne
There were in the army a few footmen armed with crossbows and harquebuses.
From Introductory American History by Henry Eldridge Bourne
"Not muskets, nor harquebuses, but anything that will dint a blow."
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang
The soldiers now began to take aim with harquebuses and 'hand-guns', and to erect mounds nearer the town as cover for their marksmen.
From The Strange Story Book by Mrs. Andrew Lang
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