arquebus
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.kwɪ.bəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.kwɪ.bəs/, /ˈɑɹ.kɪ.bəs/
Noun
editarquebus (plural arquebuses or arquebusses)
- Alternative form of harquebus (“an obsolete matchlock firearm”).
- 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 377:
- No one saw fire in the murk — as it might be, the match-flare for an arquebus.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editfirearm — see harquebus
Verb
editarquebus (third-person singular simple present arquebuses, present participle arquebusing, simple past and past participle arquebused)
- (transitive, rare) To shoot with an arquebus.