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Etymology edit

French arquebusade (shot of an arquebus); eau d'arquebusade, a vulnerary for gunshot wounds.

Noun edit

arquebusade (countable and uncountable, plural arquebusades)

  1. 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
  2. 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 []

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French edit

Etymology edit

From arquebuse +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

arquebusade f (plural arquebusades)

  1. arquebusade (shot of an arquebus)

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