arquebus
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.kwɪ.bəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.kwɪ.bəs/, /ˈɑɹ.kɪ.bəs/
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Translations[edit]
firearm — see harquebus
Verb[edit]
arquebus (third-person singular simple present arquebuses, present participle arquebusing, simple past and past participle arquebused)
- (transitive, rare) To shoot with an arquebus.