Harquebus

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Harquebus \Har"que*bus\ Harquebuse \Har"que*buse\
     (h[aum]r"kw[-e]*b[u^]s), n. [See {Arquebus}.]
     A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in
     the second half of the 15th century. The barrel was about
     forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently
     called {arquebus with matchlock}.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arquebus \Ar"que*bus\, Arquebuse \Ar"que*buse\ (?; 277), n. [F.
     arquebuse, OF. harquebuse, fr. D. haak-bus; cf. G.
     hakenb["u]chse a gun with a hook. See {Hagbut}.]
     A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a
     trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket
     was a later invention. [Written also {harquebus}.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  harquebus
       n : an obsolete firearm with a long barrel [syn: {arquebus}, {hackbut},
            {hagbut}]