Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
hackbut .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim.
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- noun obsolete A
firearm with a longbarrel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
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Examples
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The arquebus constructed in this manner was used in England in the time of Henry VIII., and was variously called haquebut, hakebut, hagbut, and hagbus, names all derived from the hooked shape of the butt.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various
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He paused, quaking even at his own eloquence; but the stranger made no reply, till, throwing aside his cloak, he drew out a hagbut or demi-hague as it was sometimes called, being a sort of small harquebuss, with its match ready kindled.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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committed "with cross-bows, little short hand-guns, and little hagbuts," prohibits the possession of "any hand-gun other than such as shall be in the stock and gun of the length of one whole yard, or any hagbut or demihake other than such as shall be in the stock and gun of the length of three quarters of one yard."
bilby commented on the word hagbut
Also hackbuss.
August 24, 2022