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Harquebus [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Harquebuse [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

HARQUEBUSE . [ See Arquebuse .]

Harquebuse [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.