arquebusade

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noun

The shot of an arquebus.

OriginFrench arquebusade →
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Meanings

nounarquebusade (countable and uncountable, plural arquebusades)

plural arquebusades

  1. countableuncountableThe shot of an arquebus.

    The marquis of Guast escaped by the swiftness of his horse , being wounded in the thigh with an arquebusade

    1726, Gabriel Daniel, The History of France […]
  2. countableuncountableA distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, such as rosemary, millefoil, etc., originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.

    The AQUA VULNERATA, arquebusade water, is prepared from numerous aromatics[…]

    1809, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary

Origin

  1. Frencharquebusade“shot of an arquebus”
  2. Englisharquebusade

From French arquebusade (“shot of an arquebus”); eau d'arquebusade, a vulnerary for gunshot wounds.

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Translations

Portuguese arcabuzada
  • arcabuzadathe shot of an arquebus
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APA

arquebusade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arquebusade

MLA

“arquebusade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arquebusade. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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