English dictionary
harquebus
/'h/A/rkw/@/b/@/s/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>arquebus with matchlock</i>.
Source: webster1913