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Weapons > Firearms > Harquebuses

Preferred term

Harquebuses  

Definition

  • Various types of light portable firearms used in Europe, 14th-early 17th cs., fitted with a stock which allowed them to be held against the cheek, chest or shoulder; the first models had a hooklike projection on the underside of the barrel to absorb recoil, and were rested upon a surface when fired [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Arquebuses
  • Hackbuts
  • Hagbuts

Notation

  • 117695

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-GZR7038G-T

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