arquebus

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UK/ˈɑː.kwɪ.bəs/US/ˈɑɹ.kwɪ.bəs/US/ˈɑɹ.kɪ.bəs/

verb

To shoot with an arquebus.

Similar
harquebushackbuthagbut
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Meanings

nounarquebus (plural arquebuses or arquebusses)

plural arquebuses · plural arquebusses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of harquebus (“an obsolete matchlock firearm”).

    No one saw fire in the murk — as it might be, the match-flare for an arquebus.

    2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 377
verbarquebus (third-person singular simple present arquebuses, present participle arquebusing, simple past and past participle arquebused)

present singular third person arquebuses · participle present arquebusing · participle past arquebused · past arquebused

  1. raretransitiveTo shoot with an arquebus.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan obsolete firearm with a long barrel

Similar
harquebushackbuthagbut
Broader
muzzle loader
Also see
hagbutharquebus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

arquebus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arquebus

MLA

“arquebus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arquebus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arquebus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arquebus.

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