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hagbut

/ˈhæɡ.bʌt/

Traducción: Sustantivo obsoleto que designa un tipo de arma de fuego temprana de cañón largo, usada históricamente antes del desarrollo de los fusiles modernos.

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/ˈhæɡ.bʌt/C2formalobsoleto
  • esSustantivo obsoleto que designa un tipo de arma de fuego temprana de cañón largo, usada históricamente antes del desarrollo de los fusiles modernos.

An obsolete noun referring to a type of early firearm with a long barrel, used historically before more modern guns were developed.

  1. Obsolete firearmC2formal

    An early type of portable firearm with a long barrel, used in the 15th and 16th centuries, also known as an arquebus.

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    • The soldier carried a heavy hagbut into battle.
    • Hagbuts were notoriously inaccurate but effective at close range.
    • Museums display hagbuts as examples of early gunpowder weapons.

    Sinónimosarquebushackbutharquebus