an early type of portable gun, supported on a hooked staff or forked rest during firing
Origin of harquebus
French arquebuse from Italian archibuso from Middle French harquebusche from Dutch hakebus: see hackbutharquebus
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harquebus
also ar·que·bus
noun
A heavy portable matchlock gun invented during the 1400s. Also called hackbut .
Origin of harquebus
Obsolete French harquebuse from Old French alteration of Middle Dutch hakebus hake hook ; see keg- in Indo-European roots. busse gun ( from Late Latin buxis box ; see box 1. )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural harquebuses or harquebusses)
- 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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