harquebus

Definitions

1. An obsolete matchlock firearm.
2. A portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle.

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Examples

“All the while they had their eye and foot so quicke and readie, that as soone as ever they saw⟳ the harquebuse raised to the cheeke, so soon were they on the ground, and eftsoone to answer⟳ with their bowes, and to the their way, if by chance they perceived that we were about to take⟳ them.”

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