ARQUEBUS meaning: Early firearm used before rifles

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Definitions from Wiktionary (arquebus)

▸ verb: (transitive, rare) To shoot with an arquebus.
▸ noun: Alternative form of harquebus (“an obsolete matchlock firearm”). [An obsolete matchlock firearm.]

Similar:

hagbut, harquebus, hackbut, blunderbuss, rove, trebuchet, loose, drib, shoot, bullet, more...

Opposite:

laser gun, energy weapon.

Phrases:

Java arquebus, more...

Adjectives:

old, lock, heavy, spanish, light, inlaid, fashioned, long, french, moorish, clumsy

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