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hackbut
[ hak-buht ]
hackbut
/ ˈhækbʌt /
noun
- another word for arquebus
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Derived Forms
- ˌhackbutˈeer, noun
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Other Words From
- hack·but·eer [hak-b, uh, -, teer], noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
In the mean time, you may amuse yourself with my suspense, and put all the justices of peace in requisition, in case I come into your county with 'hackbut bent.'
From Project Gutenberg
On the Regent’s entry her men “discharged their volley of hackbuts,” probably to clear their pieces, a method of unloading which prevailed as late as Waterloo.
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A discharge of crossbows and hackbuts against the front of the church followed.
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A kitchen jack leaned against a pyx, a republican sabre on a mediaeval hackbut.
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