单词 | harquebut |
释义 | harquebutn. Now archaic and historical. An early type of portable firearm; = arquebus n. 1. Cf. hackbut n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > arquebus or hackbut hackbush1484 hackbut1531 arquebus1532 hackbut of crochet1533 hackbut of croc1543 bowse1556 hackbusher1556 harquebut1562 arquebuserc1570 arquebus à croc1572 monk's gun1846 monk's arquebus1870 1562 T. Kemys Let. 20 Oct. in P. Forbes Full View Public Trans. Reign Q. Elizabeth (1741) II. 127 Hurte in the right syde of his brest with a harquebut. ?1565 Anno Secundo et Tertio Edouardi Sexti (new ed.) c. 14 sig. D.vv Some libertie to shote in Handgunnes, Haques and Harquebuts. 1601 E. Aggas tr. P. L'Estoile True Disc. Occurr. Warres of Savoy sig. Aiij The Musquets and Harquebuts charged. 1663 R. Young Breviary Later Persecutions 179 The Frenchmen, who in discharging their volley of Harquebuts, killed a Son of Patrick Murray. 1801 F. Grose Mil. Antiq. (new ed.) I. v. 151 They would find a long bow and sheaf of arrows, or a harquebut, in every cafe. 1872 Belgravia May 329 It was not an uncommon thing for..harquebuts, and escopettes to be loaded at the breech in those days. 1908 Victoria Hist. County of Warwick II. 445 The establishment of magazines for the harquebuts, or muskets. 1992 W. F. Keegan People who discovered Columbus ix. 218 Smaller swivel guns called harquebuts, which could be mounted on the ship's boats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562 |
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