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harquebus

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har=que=bus

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun harquebus has 1 sense

harquebus(n = noun.artifact) arquebus, hackbut, hagbut - an obsolete firearm with a long barrel; Array

is a kind of muzzle loader

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CIDE DICTIONARY

harquebus, 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]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

harquebus, n. (also arquebus) hist. an early type of portable gun supported on a tripod or on a forked rest.

Etymology

F (h)arquebuse ult. f. MLG hakebusse or MHG hakenb{uuml}hse, f. haken hook + busse gun

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