[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

arquebus \ar"quebus\, arquebuse \ar"quebuse\ ?; 277, n. f.
   arquebuse, of. harquebuse, fr. d. haak-bus; cf. g.
   hakenb"uchse a gun with a hook. see hagbut.
   a sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a
   trigger, by which the burning match was applied. the musket
   was a later invention. written also harquebus.
   1913 webster
see also:
hagbut harquebus 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

arquebus
     n : an obsolete firearm with a long barrel syn: harquebus, hackbut,
          hagbut
see also:
harquebus hackbut hagbut 

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