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An obsolete firearm with a long barrel
Answer for the clue "An obsolete firearm with a long barrel ", 9 letters:
harquebus
Word definitions for harquebus in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an obsolete firearm with a long barrel [syn: arquebus , hackbut , hagbut ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arquebus \Ar"que*bus\, Arquebuse \Ar"que*buse\ (?; 277), n. [F. arquebuse, OF. harquebuse, fr. D. haak-bus; cf. G. hakenb["u]chse a gun with a hook. See Hagbut .] A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. An obsolete matchlock firearm. n. An obsolete matchlock firearm.
Usage examples of harquebus.
In perhaps thirty seconds they reached it, and the gap in the wall lit up briefly as the first line of harquebuses fired, followed a moment later by a flame-gushing blast of gravel and stones from one of the culverins on the battlements.
Swords, daggers, crossbows and bolts, harquebuses, lances, arrows, maces were mixed higgledy-piggledy with more modern guns, rifles, blackjacks, grenades, and rocket launchers.
There was nothing but sending out spies and scouts, posting sentinels and blowing the matches of harquebusses, though they carried but few, for almost all used flintlocks.
Behind them came the Spanish foot soldiers, their crossbows and harquebuses held at parade position, their swords sheathed and their spears casually leaned back upon their shoulders.