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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Harquebus \Har"que*bus\, Harquebuse \Har"que*buse\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: harquebus n : an obsolete long-barrelled firearm [syn: {arquebus}, {hackbut}, {hagbut}]
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