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à rouet

à rouet adjective: having a small wheel fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.

Adjective

à rouet (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Having a small wheel fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.
    • The earliest pistols were made with wheels (à rouet), and the barrel did not measure more than a foot in length.1875, P. L. Jacob ·, The Arts in the Middle Ages, and at the Period of the Renaissance, page 104
    • Soon the petronel was replaced by the arquebuse à rouet, and a little later on by the wheel-lock pistol, which was first used by the German cavalry at the battle of St. Quentin, in 1557.1937, Franklin Henry Hooper, The Encyclopædia Britannica - Volume 5, page 69

Questions about à rouet

What does à rouet mean?
À rouet means having a small wheel fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.
What part of speech is à rouet?
À rouet is an adjective.

Words near à rouet in the dictionary

  1. à la nage
  2. à la russe
  3. à outrance
  4. à propos
  5. à propos de bottes
  6. à rouet
  7. à trois
  8. àpropos
  9. Áed Ruad
  10. Água Grande
  11. Álava

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