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petronel definition

pet·ro·nel (pe′trə nəl)

noun

a carbinelike firearm, used in the 15th to 17th cent.

Etymology: altered (as if < petro-) < Fr petrinal < OFr peitrine (Fr poitrine), breast, chest < L pectus (gen. pectoris), chest: it was rested against the chest in firing

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