English Explanatory Dictionary

fusil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
noun
  1. A light flintlock musket or firelock.
adj
  1. Obsolete spelling of fusile.

Pronunciation

/ˈfjuːzɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fusil.wav

Word forms

fusil fusils more fusil most fusil

Etymology

From Middle English fusill, from Old French fusel, fuisel, from a late Latin diminutive of Latin fūsus (“spindle”).

Synonyms

fusee
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