| Arquebusade | n. [ F. arquebusade shot of an arquebus; eau d'arquebusade a vulnerary for gunshot wounds. ] 1. The shot of an arquebus. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds. Parr. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Arquebuse | { } n. [ F. arquebuse, OF. harquebuse, fr. D. haak-bus; cf. G. hakenbüchse a gun with a hook. See Hagbut. ] A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention. [ Written also harquebus. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Arquebus |
| Arquebusier | n. [ F. arquebusier. ] A soldier armed with an arquebus. [ 1913 Webster ] Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Harquebuse | { } n. [ See Arquebus. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Harquebus |
