arquebusade
English edit
Etymology edit
French arquebusade (“shot of an arquebus”); eau d'arquebusade, a vulnerary for gunshot wounds.
Noun edit
arquebusade (countable and uncountable, plural arquebusades)
- The shot of an arquebus.
- 1726, Gabriel Daniel, The History of France […] :
- The marquis of Guast escaped by the swiftness of his horse , being wounded in the thigh with an arquebusade
- A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, such as rosemary, millefoil, etc., originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.
- 1809, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary:
- The AQUA VULNERATA, arquebusade water, is prepared from numerous aromatics […]
Translations edit
the shot of an arquebus
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References edit
- “arquebusade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
arquebusade f (plural arquebusades)
- arquebusade (shot of an arquebus)
Further reading edit
- “arquebusade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.