A large pistol or carbine used in the 16th and early 17th centuries, esp. by cavalry.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > carbine (6) petronela1577 A large pistol or carbine used in the 16th and early 17th centuries, esp. by cavalry. craboun1602 = carbine, n. carbine1605 A kind of firearm, shorter than the musket, used by the cavalry and other troops; ‘a kind of medium between the pistol and the musket’ (Johnson). dragoon1622 A kind of carbine or musket. So called from its ‘breathing fire’ like the fabulous dragon. Obsolete. poitrinal1824 Firearms. = petronel, n. 1. Obsolete. dragon1834 An early firearm; = dragoon, n. 1. Obsolete. |
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