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 har·que·bus /ˈhɑrkwɪ(ˌ)bəs, kəbəs/
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 Ar·que·bus, Ar·que·buse  n.  A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention. [Written also harquebus.]
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 Har·que·bus  Har·que·buse  n.  A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century.  The barrel was about forty inches long.  A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.
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 harquebus
      n : an obsolete firearm with a long barrel [syn: arquebus, hackbut,
           hagbut]