harquebus

American  

[hahr-kwuh-buhs] / ˈhɑr kwə bəs /

Also harquebuse,

noun

plural

harquebuses

1. arquebus.

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harquebus British  

/ ˈhɑːkwɪbəs /

noun

1. a variant of arquebus

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Example Sentences

The Pilgrim gained a foothold with his harquebus.

From Time Magazine Archive

"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 Stevens, William Oliver

Improvements in the harquebus and musket, as it got to be called later on, continued to be developed from time to time.

From Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence by Headley, Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, Baron

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.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert

For that we might have trouble, four harquebus men and four crossbows were going.

From 1492 by Johnston, Mary