hagbut

plural hagbuts · alternative haquebut

1. obsoleteAn arquebus, a firearm with a long barrel.

   A few culverins and hagbuts were the unwieldy fire-arms, then borne by the ſoldiers.

   1797, John Pinkerton, The History Of Scotland From The Accession Of The House Of Stuart to that of Mary, volume 2, page 407

   2 more examples

   […]Wilkine Johnnstoun of Aschescheillis, William Douglas of Reidhous, Robert Dynwiddie in Kirkmichaell, and Johnne Robsoun there, almost continually since April 1610 have worn hagbuts and pistolets and used them for their revenge on persons against whom they have quarrel.

   1889, Register, volume 9, Scotland: H. M. General Register House, page 301

   […]they resisted and shot forth of the said house twenty shot of hagbuts and pistolets, and slew one of the Guard named Bailye, and would neither render themselves nor come forth of the house till fire was raised about it.

   1897, George Francis Scott Elliot, The Border Elliots and the Family of Minto, page 187

   Synonyms: arquebus