harquebus

American  

[hahr-kwuh-buhs] / ˈhɑr kwə bəs /

Also harquebuse,

noun

plural

harquebuses

1. arquebus.

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harquebus British  

/ ˈhɑːkwɪbəs /

noun

1. a variant of arquebus

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Example Sentences

The Pilgrim gained a foothold with his harquebus.

From Time Magazine Archive

"They fighting with their great ordnance," writes Medina Sidonia, "and we with harquebus fire and musketry, the distance being very small."

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver

Improvements in the harquebus and musket, as it got to be called later on, continued to be developed from time to time.

From Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence by Headley, Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, Baron

The old-fashioned harquebus stood side by side with the modern repeating rifle, the cylindrical iron sword by the steel bladed modern sword-stick, the heavy bronze pistol by the plated revolver.

From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

But when the four harquebus men set up their iron rests, fixed the harquebuses, and firing cut leaves and twigs from the same tree, there was a louder crying.

From 1492 by Johnston, Mary