escopet

English

Alternative forms

• escopette, escopeta

Etymology

From Spanish escopeta, French escopette.

Noun

escopet (plural escopets)

1. A kind of short rifle, like a carbine, used in Latin America.

References

• “escopet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• pectose