fusil

fu·sil  (fyzl)

n.

A light flintlock musket.

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[French, steel in a flintlock, firearm, from Old French fuisil, steel for a tinderbox, from Vulgar Latin *foclis (petra), fire-(stone), from Late Latin focus, fire, from Latin, hearth.]

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fusil¹

n

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a light flintlock musket

[C16 (in the sense: steel for a tinderbox): from Old French fuisil, from Vulgar Latin focīlis (unattested), from Latin focus fire]

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fusil²

n

(History / Heraldry) Heraldry a charge shaped like a lengthened lozenge

[from Old French fusel, ultimately from Latin fūsus spindle, fuse¹ (the heraldic lozenge originally represented a spindle covered with tow for spinning)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fusil - a light flintlock musket musket - a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen