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hack·but (hak′but′)

noun

a kind of harquebus

Etymology: Fr haquebut < obs. Du hakebus < hake, haak, hook + bus, a gun, gun barrel, lit., box: so named from method of support during firing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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