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Arquebus

/ˈɑː.kwɨ.bəs/

To shoot with an arquebus.

📖 Definitions of "Arquebus"

verb
  1. 1

    To shoot with an arquebus.

noun
  1. 1

    An obsolete matchlock firearm.

  2. 2

    A portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle.

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WordDefinition
hagbutnoun(obsolete) An arquebus, a firearm with a long barrel.
harquebusnounA portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle.
hackbutnounObsolete form of arquebus.

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hagbutnoun(obsolete) An arquebus, a firearm with a long barrel.
harquebusnounA portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle.
hackbutnounObsolete form of arquebus.
blunderbussnounAn old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
rovenounThe act of wandering; a ramble.
trebuchetnounA medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end.
looseNot fixed in place tightly or firmly.
dribnoun(obsolete) A drop.
shootnounThe emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
bulletnounA projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
bowsenounA carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.
indartnoun(archaic, transitive) To pierce as if with a dart.
dartnounA small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
bang offverb(transitive, informal) To fire (a weapon or a shot); to ejaculate.
shotnounThe result of launching a projectile or bullet.
pistolnoun(loosely) A handgun
shoot upverb(intransitive, sometimes figurative) To grow taller or larger rapidly.
plugnoun(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
slingshootverb(informal, rare) Propel or launch with or as if with a slingshot.
draw the longbowverb(archaic) To tell tall tales.

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