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hagbut

/ˈhæɡ.bʌt/

Traduction: Nom vieilli désignant un type d'arme à feu ancien à long canon, utilisé historiquement avant l'apparition des fusils plus modernes.

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noun

/ˈhæɡ.bʌt/C2formalobsolète
  • frNom vieilli désignant un type d'arme à feu ancien à long canon, utilisé historiquement avant l'apparition des fusils plus modernes.

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.

    frHacquebute (arme à feu)

    • 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.

    Synonymesarquebushackbutharquebus