Definitions for arquebuse
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WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arquebusenoun

   A sort of trigger-based handgun or firearm, by which a burning match was applied, from which the musket was derived.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arquebusenoun

   A hand gun. It seems to have anciently meant much the same as our carabine, or fusee.

   Etymology: Fr.

   A harquebuse, or ordnance, will be farther heard from the mouth of the piece, than backwards or on the sides. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 204.

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1. Arquebuse

   An arquebus ( AR-k(w)ib-əs) is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century. An infantryman armed with an arquebus is called an arquebusier. Although the term arquebus, derived from the Dutch word Haakbus ("hook gun"). The term arquebus was applied to many different forms of firearms from the 15th to 17th centuries, it originally referred to "a hand-gun with a hook-like projection or lug on its under surface, useful for steadying it against battlements or other objects when firing". These "hook guns" were in their earliest forms of defensive weapons mounted on German city walls in the early 15th century. The addition of a shoulder stock, priming pan, and matchlock mechanism in the late 15th century turned the arquebus into a handheld firearm and also the first firearm equipped with a trigger. The exact dating of the matchlock's appearance is disputed. It could have appeared in the Ottoman Empire as early as 1465 and in Europe a little before 1475. The heavy arquebus, which was then called a musket, was developed to better penetrate plate armor and appeared in Europe around 1521. Heavy arquebuses mounted on wagons were called arquebus à croc. These carried a lead ball of about 3.5 ounces (100 g).A standardized arquebus, the caliver, was introduced in the latter half of the 16th century. The name "caliver" is an English derivation from the French calibre – a reference to the gun's standardized bore. The caliver allowed troops to load bullets faster since they fit their guns more easily, whereas before soldiers often had to modify their bullets into suitable fits, or were even forced to make their own prior to battle. The matchlock arquebus is considered the forerunner to the flintlock musket.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arquebusenoun

   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

2. Etymology: [F. arquebuse, OF. harquebuse, fr. D. haak-bus; cf. G. hakenbchse a gun with a hook. See Hagbut.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arquebuse

   är′kwi-bus, n. an old-fashioned hand-gun—also Har′quebus.—n. Arquebusier′. [Fr. arquebuse—Dut. haakbus—haak, hook, and bus, box, barrel of a gun; Ger. hakenbüchse.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arquebuse

   An old fire-arm resembling a musket, which was supported on a rest by a hook of iron fastened to the barrel. It was longer than a musket, and of large calibre, and formerly used to fire through the loop-holes of antique fortifications.

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   The numerical value of arquebuse in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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   The numerical value of arquebuse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Arquebuse
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=arquebuse
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquebuse
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arquebuse
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=arquebuse
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html