D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Harquebus

/(här"kwē̇*bŭs)/ · Har·que·bus · IPA /ˈhɑɹkɪbʌs/
01 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…
  1. 1.
    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.