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hackbut

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hack·but  (hkbt)
n.
See harquebus.
[French haquebute, from Old French hacquebute, alteration (influenced by buter, to aim at) of Middle Dutch hakebus; see harquebus.]
hackbut·eer (-b-tîr), hackbutter n.
hackbut [ˈhækbʌt], hagbut
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) another word for arquebus
hackbuteer , hackbutter, hagbuteer, hagbutter n
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Noun1.hackbut - an obsolete firearm with a long barrelhackbut - an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
arquebus, hagbut, harquebus
muzzle loader - an obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle
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The vicar of the Uniate metropolitan of Kyiv had to flee from Vydubychi monastery when a Cossack entered and began firing at him from a hackbut (p.
History of Ukraine Rus', Volume Seven: The Cossack Age to 1625 by Himka, John-Paul / Canadian Journal of History
 
 
 
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