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arquebus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hackbut, hagbut, harquebus |
| Type of | muzzle loader |
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Their principal weapon was a small calibre matchlock firearm, known as an arquebus.
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Other Landsknechts would use the arquebus, the precursor to the musket.
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His ships were overwhelmed by arquebus fire and the Japanese traditional boarding attacks.
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The heavy timber plating deflected arrows and arquebus rounds.
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At the height of the battle, Admiral Yi was shot with a Japanese arquebus, and died shortly after.
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The arquebus is then put away behind the back so that one weapon does not impede the use of the other.
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The arquebus is then put away behind the back so that one weapon does not impede the use of the other.
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The arquebus seems to disappear as the musket got lighter.
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Therefore even early firearms such as the arquebus were much more powerful than human-powered weapons.
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- An obsolete firearm with a long barrel
- The arquebus (/u02C8u0251u02D0rku1D7Bbu028Cs/ ARK-u0259-bus or /u02C8u0251u02D0rkwu1D7Bbu028Cs/ AR-kwu0259-bus) (sometimes spelled harquebus, harkbus or hackbut; Italian Archibugio, Dutch haakbus, meaning "hook gun", or "hook tube") is an early muzzle-loaded firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries. An arquebus was originally a gonne with hook, and later a matchlock firearm...
- An early form of matchlock firearm that preceded the musket.
- The arquebus was a type of firearm that was commonly used between the 14th and 17th century. It was a type of matchlock, having a smooth-bore barrel (i.e., no rifling), and was loaded from the muzzle end (i.e., a muzzle-loader). The user was called an Arquebusier or a Harquebusier. ...
- N. ancient hand gun supported on tripod.
- Longarm, usually a matchlock of varying bore.
- Originally a heavy match-lock gun, laterthe name was applied to wheel-lock guns, and finally came to mean a gun of fine workmanship as distinguished from the musket, or common militray arm. One of earliestmentions of the arquebus was of its use by the Swiss at the capture of Neuregensberg in 1386.
