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Harquebuse
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Harquebuse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/harquebuse.html. 1828.