harquebus

Examples

• All

• The harquebus, the first portable firearm, came into use at the same time.

  Academic text (1992)

• And still they took her, tying her hand and foot, and they rode off with Jannie, the harquebus, the box, and all.

  Fiction book (1990)

• At the same time, around the sentry's other side came a man in underwear, trying to spark a flint on his harquebus.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The harquebus was a revolutionary weapon in the 15th century, allowing infantry to engage enemies from a distance.

• During the siege, soldiers relied heavily on their harquebus to defend their position against attackers.

• Historians agree that the introduction of the harquebus changed the dynamics of warfare in Europe.

Synonyms

A

arquebus

vsharquebus

• Archaic

1 9.9

A long early gun carried and fired from the shoulder used in the 1500s and 1600s

is a general obsolete long-barrel early firearm term without technical firing detail

H

hackbut

vsharquebus

• Archaic

9.9

A long-barrel gun used in war from the 1400s to the 1600s

is the broader name but emphasizes the same obsolete long-barrel firearm

H

hagbut

vsharquebus

• Archaic

9.9

An old gun with a long barrel used by soldiers to shoot from a distance

is the general term covering use across the 15th to 17th centuries

Surface Forms

Etymology