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fusee

/ˈfjuːzi/noun

fusee is a noun meaning “Synonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-S-E-E, and it appears about once in every 33 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fusee is fusees.

What does fusee mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Synonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock.

    Breakfast being over, my father took me into his study, where, after fervently recommending me to the care of a protecting providence, he gave me a beautiful fusee, which cost him forty guineas, a pair of pistols of exquisite workmanship, a

  2. 2

    archaicSynonym of fusilier, a soldier armed with a musket or firelock.

  3. 3

    obsoleteSynonym of fusil, a spindle-shaped figure.

  4. 4

    A conical grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.

    To day when we attended the winding up of the watches the fusee of Mr Arnolds would not turn round and after several unsuccessfull tryals we were obliged to let it go down […] .

  5. 5

    archaicSynonym of fuse, a wick or cord used to ignite gunpowder, bombs, or similar explosives.

  6. 6

    An exostosis applied to a horse's cannon bone.

  7. 7

    A friction match intended to burn slowly for use with cigars, pipes, etc.

    A comfortable hammock on a warm afternoon would appeal to his indolent tastes, and then, when he was getting drowsy, a lighted fusee thrown into the nest would bring the wasps out in an indignant mass, and they would soon find a ‘home away

  8. 8

    USA colored flare used as a warning on a railroad.

  9. 9

    One who, or that which, fuses or is fused; an individual component of a fusion.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce fusee?

  • /ˈfjuːzi/
  • /fjuːˈziː/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of fusee

  • fusees plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is fusee?

Fusee appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does fusee come from?

From French fusil, ultimately from Late Latin focus (“fire”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).