hagbus
hagbus is the alternative form of harquebus.
Meaning of harquebus
Noun
harquebus (plural harquebuses or harquebusses)
- An obsolete matchlock firearm.
- All the while they had their eye and foot so quicke and readie, that as soone as ever they saw the harquebuse raised to the cheeke, so soon were they on the ground, and eftsoone to answer with their bowes, and to the their way, if by chance they perceived that we were about to take them.1850, William Gilmore Simms, The Lily and the Totem: or, The Huguenots in Florida, Digitalized edition, Baker and Schribner, published 2009, page 292
- A portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle.
Forms of hagbus
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Questions about hagbus
- What is hagbus the alternative form of?
- Hagbus is the alternative form of harquebus.
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