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hackbut

[ hak-buht ]

noun



hackbut

/ ˈæʌ /

noun

  1. another word for arquebus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ󲹳ܳˈ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • 󲹳·ܳ· [hak-b, uh, -, teer], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hackbut1

First recorded in 1535–45; earlier hacquebute, from Middle French, variant of ha(r)quebusche, from Middle Dutch ܲ literally, “hookgun”; harquebus
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Example Sentences

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In the mean time, you may amuse yourself with my suspense, and put all the justices of peace in requisition, in case I come into your county with 'hackbut bent.'

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On the Regent’s entry her men “discharged their volley of hackbuts,” probably to clear their pieces, a method of unloading which prevailed as late as Waterloo. 

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A discharge of crossbows and hackbuts against the front of the church followed.

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A kitchen jack leaned against a pyx, a republican sabre on a mediaeval hackbut.

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