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arquebus
1) An improved hand-gun, either a match-lock or wheel-lock.
2) A matchlock firearm originally manufactured in Germany in the mid-fifteenth century (from hakenbüsche).
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: History
- Category: Medieval
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