harquebus

== English == === Alternative forms === arquebus, hackbuss, hackbut, hagbus, hagbut, hagebut, harquebuse, harquebuss === Etymology === From French harquebuse, borrowed from Middle Low German hakebusse or Middle Dutch hakebus, hagebus (modern Dutch haakbus), from hôk (“hook”) + busse (“box; firelock”), from Old Saxon hōk + *buhsa, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz + *buhsā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹkɪbʌs/, /ˈhɑɹkwɪbʌs/ === Noun === harquebus (plural harquebuses or harquebusses) An obsolete matchlock firearm. A portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle. ==== Translations ====