# harquebus

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɑɹkɪbʌs/

## Definitions
1. An obsolete matchlock firearm.
2. A portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle.

## Etymology
From French harquebuse, borrowed from Middle Low German hakebusse or Middle Dutch hakebus, hagebus (modern Dutch haakbus), from hôk (“hook”) + busse (“box; firelock”), from Old Saxon hōk + *buhsa, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz + *buhsā.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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