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Princeton's WordNet

  1. arquebus, harquebus, hackbut, hagbutnoun

    an obsolete firearm with a long barrel

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  1. hagbutnoun

    A firearm with a long barrel.

Wikipedia

  1. hagbut

    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"), 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.

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  1. hagbut

    A hagbut is an old type of firearm, specifically a matchlock gun that was used from the 15th to 17th centuries. It is typically longer and larger in size than a musket.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hagbutnoun

    a harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim

  2. Etymology: [OF. haquebute, prob. a corruption of D. haakbus; haak hook + bus gun barrel. See Hook, and 2d Box, and cf. Arquebus.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hagbut

    See Hackbut.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. hagbut

    A wall-piece placed upon a tripod; the arquebuse.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. hagbut

    (Fr. haquebute). An arquebuse, of which the butt was bent or hooked, in order that it might be held more readily.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hagbut in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hagbut in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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