arquebus

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Arquebus

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.kwɪ.bəs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.kwɪ.bəs/, /ˈɑɹ.kɪ.bəs/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

arquebus (plural arquebuses or arquebusses)

Alternative form of harquebus (“an obsolete matchlock firearm”).
- 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 377:
  No one saw fire in the murk — as it might be, the match-flare for an arquebus.

Derived terms

arquebusier

Translations

firearm — see harquebus

Verb

arquebus (third-person singular simple present arquebuses, present participle arquebusing, simple past and past participle arquebused)

(transitive, rare) To shoot with an arquebus.