English Explanatory Dictionary

harquebus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An obsolete matchlock firearm.
  2. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɑɹkɪbʌs/ /ˈhɑɹkwɪbʌs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-harquebus.wav

Word forms

harquebus harquebuses harquebusses arquebus hackbuss hackbut hagbus hagbut hagebut harquebuse harquebuss

Etymology

From French harquebuse, borrowed from Middle Low German hakebusse or Middle Dutch hakebus, hagebus (modern Dutch haakbus), from hôk (“hook”) + busse (“box; firelock”), from Old Saxon hōk + *buhsa, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz + *buhsā.

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