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[syn: arquebus, harquebus, hackbut, hagbut]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
harquebus
n 1: an obsolete firearm with a long barrel [syn: arquebus,
harquebus, hackbut, hagbut]