What is another word for harquebus?

Pronunciation: [hˈɑːkwɛbəs] (IPA)

A harquebus is a type of early firearm often used in the 15th and 16th centuries. However, there are several synonyms for this word that can be used interchangeably. One such synonym is arquebus, which is the French variation of the word. Another synonym is musket, which is a similar firearm used during the same time period. In addition, the words carbine and blunderbuss can also be used to describe similar firearms from this era. All of these words refer to early firearms that played an important role in warfare and technology during the Renaissance period.

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Usage examples for Harquebus

"I tell you, on the credit of a poor gentleman," he said, "that there were five hundred discharges of demi-cannon, culverin, and demi-culverin, from the Vanguard; and when I was farthest off in firing my pieces, I was not out of shot of their harquebus, and most time within speech, one of another."
"History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete"
John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009
Men hurried along the usually lonely road in groups, with weapons in their hands,-the old fowling-piece of seven-foot barrel, with which the Puritans had shot ducks on the river and Walden Pond; the heavy harquebus, which perhaps had levelled one of King Philip's Indians; the old King gun, that blazed away at the French of Louisburg or Quebec,-hunter, husbandman, all were hurrying each other.
"Septimius Felton or, The Elixir of Life"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
And my Lord Understanding had like to have been slain with an harquebus, but that he that shot wanted to take his aim aright.
"The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3"
John Bunyan

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