harquebus

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an obsolete matchlock firearm
(Askeri) The arquebus (sometimes spelled harquebus, harkbus or hackbut; from Dutch haakbus, meaning "hook gun") was a primitive firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries. Like its successor, the musket, it was a smoothbore firearm, although somewhat smaller than its predecessors, which made it easier to carry. It was a forerunner of the rifle and other longarm firearms
The barrel was about forty inches long
A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock
{i} ancient type of portable firearm having a long barrel
A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century
a harquebus
hookgun
harquebus

    Silbentrennung

    har·que·bus

    Türkische aussprache

    härkwıbıs

    Aussprache

    /ˈhärkwəbəs/ /ˈhɑːrkwəbəs/

    Etymologie

    [ 'här-kwi-(")b&s, -k&a ] (noun.) 1532. Middle French harquebuse, arquebuse, modification of Middle Dutch hakebusse, from hake hook + busse tube, box, gun, from Late Latin buxis box.
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