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Definition of Hagbut
1. Noun. An obsolete firearm with a long barrel.
Definition of Hagbut
1. n. A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim.
Definition of Hagbut
1. Noun. (obsolete) A firearm with a long barrel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hagbut
1. hackbut [n -S] - See also: hackbut
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hagbut
Literary usage of Hagbut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"A hagbut or hand-cannon, anciently in use. Cropedy Bridge. Near Banbury, Oxfordshire,
England. Here the royalists defeated Sir William Waller and the army ..."
2. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1908)
"... and continually he frequents those places in which the supplicant has business,
having a charged hagbut and two charged pistolets with him, ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"The same instrument with hagbut of Croche, qv ' " It is ordained that every ...
V. hagbut. The same account is materially given by Grose ; although he ..."
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