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‖ esclopette Obs.
[var. of escopette: for the form cf. med.L. sclopētum.]
(See quot.)
1824S. R. Meyrick Anc. Armour Gloss., Sclopus, the esclopette or hand-gun. 1830― Illust. Anc. Arms & Armour Plate cxix, Fig. 4. A short wheel-lock esclopette of the time of Charles I..It is..intended to be carried in a holster in the same manner as a long pistol. |