Harquebuse

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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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