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fusils

fusils is the plural of fusil.

Meaning of fusil

Noun (1)

fusil (plural fusils)

  1. A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
    Synonyms:
    fusee

Noun (2)

fusil (plural fusils)

  1. (historical) A light flintlock musket or firelock.
    • [H]e out of meer wantonness attempted to trip up the heels of the soldier that stood next him, but failed in the execution, and received a blow of his breast with the butt end of a fusil, that made him stagger several paces backward.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    fusee

Questions about fusils

What is fusils the plural of?
Fusils is the plural of fusil.

Words near fusils in the dictionary

  1. fusillading
  2. fusillation
  3. fusillations
  4. fusilli
  5. fusilly
  6. fusils
  7. fusimotor
  8. fusing
  9. fusings
  10. fusinite
  11. fusinites

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