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arquebusade

arquebusade noun: the shot of an arquebus.

Noun

arquebusade (countable and uncountable, plural arquebusades)

  1. The shot of an arquebus.
    • The marquis of Guast escaped by the swiftness of his horse , being wounded in the thigh with an arquebusade1726, Gabriel Daniel, The History of France […]
  2. A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, such as rosemary, millefoil, etc., originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.
    • The AQUA VULNERATA, arquebusade water, is prepared from numerous aromatics[…]1809, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary

Forms of arquebusade

pluralarquebusades

Origin of arquebusade

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

Questions about arquebusade

What does arquebusade mean?
Arquebusade means the shot of an arquebus.
What part of speech is arquebusade?
Arquebusade is a noun.
What is the plural of arquebusade?
The plural of arquebusade is arquebusades.

Words near arquebusade in the dictionary

  1. arps
  2. Arpses
  3. ARPU
  4. arquated
  5. arquebus
  6. arquebusade
  7. arquebusades
  8. arquebuse
  9. arquebused
  10. arquebuses
  11. arquebusier

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