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Definition of Harquebus
1. Noun. An obsolete firearm with a long barrel.
Definition of Harquebus
1. n. 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.
Definition of Harquebus
1. Noun. an obsolete matchlock firearm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Harquebus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Harquebus
Literary usage of Harquebus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The musket and harquebus when first employed by the French armies were contemptuously
spoken of by contemporary writers, by whom they were considered ..."
2. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1909)
"The harquebus is a heavier piece than the ... The larger varieties of the harquebus
family, such as the harquebus a croc and the doppelhaken (English ..."
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