harquebus
noun
har·que·bus ˈhär-kwi-(ˌ)bəs 
-kə-bəs
variants or arquebus
ˈär-kwi-(ˌ)bəs
-kə-bəs
: a matchlock gun invented in the 15th century which was portable but heavy and was usually fired from a support
harquebusier
ˌhär-kwi-(ˌ)bə-ˈsir
noun -kə-bə-
Word History
Etymology
Middle French harquebuse, arquebuse, modification of Middle Dutch hakebusse, from hake hook + busse tube, box, gun, from Late Latin buxis box
First Known Use
1532, in the meaning defined above
harquebuses
noun
variants or arquebuses
as in culverins
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- culverins
- fieldpieces
- small arms
- blunderbusses
- shotguns
- smoothbores
- zip guns
- muskets
- matchlocks
- flintlocks
- firearms
- twenty-twos
- breechloaders
- firelocks
- machine guns
- roscoes
- submachine guns
- machine pistols
- pistols
- handguns
- .22s
- assault rifles
- assault weapons
- tommy guns
- derringers
- revolvers
- self-loaders
- forty-fives
- semiautomatics
- arms
- pieces
- sidearms
- heat
- .45s
- rods
- automatics
- carbines
- six-shooters
- six-guns
- gats
- repeaters
- spearguns
- AK-47s
