arquebusade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The shot of an arquebus.
  2. A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, such as rosemary, millefoil, etc., originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.

Word forms

arquebusade arquebusades

Etymology

From French arquebusade (“shot of an arquebus”); eau d'arquebusade, a vulnerary for gunshot wounds.

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