{
Ar′que-bus
, Ar′que-buse
}
(?; 277)
,
[F.
arquebuse
, OF.
harquebuse
, fr. D.
haak-bus
; cf. G.
hakenbüchse
a gun with a hook. See
Hagbut
.]
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
.]