harquebus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
    hagbut; hackbut; arquebus.

WordNet

Har"que*bus, Har"que*buse noun (Also<
  • Harquebus
  • Harquebuse
)
Etymology
See Arquebus.
Definitions
  1. A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.

Webster 1913