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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an obsolete firearm with a long barrel;
[syn: arquebus, harquebus, hackbut, hagbut]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Harquebus \Har"que*bus\ Harquebuse \Har"que*buse\ (h[aum]r"kw[-e]*b[u^]s), 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

harquebus n 1: an obsolete firearm with a long barrel [syn: arquebus, harquebus, hackbut, hagbut]