different between arquebus vs hagbut

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.kw?.b?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???.kw?.b?s/, /???.k?.b?s/

Noun

arquebus (plural arquebuses)

1. Alternative form of harquebus (“an obsolete matchlock firearm”).

Derived terms

• arquebusier

Translations

Verb

arquebus (third-person singular simple present arquebuses, present participle arquebusing, simple past and past participle arquebused)

1. (transitive, rare) To shoot with an arquebus.

English

Noun

hagbut (plural hagbuts)

1. (obsolete) An arquebus, a firearm with a long barrel.
   • 1889, Register, Volume 9, H. M. General Register House, Scotland, page 301,

     […] Wilkine Johnnstoun of Aschescheillis, William Douglas of Reidhous, Robert Dynwiddie in Kirkmichaell, and Johnne Robsoun there, almost continually since April 1610 have worn hagbuts and pistolets and used them for their revenge on persons against whom they have quarrel.

Alternative forms

• haquebut

Synonyms

• arquebus

References

• hagbut in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.