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arquebuses

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ar⋅que⋅bus

  [ahr-kwuh-buhs]
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–noun, plural -bus⋅es.
harquebus.

har⋅que⋅bus

  [hahr-kwuh-buhs]
–noun, plural -bus⋅es.
any of several small-caliber long guns operated by a matchlock or wheel-lock mechanism, dating from about 1400.
Also, har⋅que⋅buse, har⋅que⋅buss, arquebus.
Also called hackbut, hagbut.

Origin:
1525–35; < MF harquebusche (with intrusive -r-) < MD hākebusse, equiv. to hāke hook + busse gun (lit., box) < LL buxis for L buxus box 1
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har·que·bus   (här'kə-bəs, -kwə-)   
n.  A heavy portable matchlock gun invented during the 15th century. Also called hackbut.

[Obsolete French harquebuse, from Old French, alteration of Middle Dutch hakebus : hake, hook; see keg- in Indo-European roots + busse, gun (from Late Latin buxis, box; see box1).]
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