单词 | arquebusery |
释义 | † arquebuseryn. Obsolete. Arquebuses or arquebusiers collectively. Also: the use of arquebuses in warfare; arquebus fire. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > use or operation of small arms > [noun] > discharge of harquebus arquebusade1562 arquebusery1568 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > arquebus or hackbut > collectively arquebusery1568 1568 H. Sidney Let. 17 Nov. in A. Collins Lett. & Memorials of State (1746) I. ii. 39 A far greater Nomber of Sworde Blade Hargabuserie, and other Weapons. 1588 E. Aggas tr. F. de La Noue Politicke & Mil. Disc. xxii. 285 To be defended by day with the harquebuzery of the trenches. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 27 Men of warre, that do neither vnderstand the true effects of Mosquetterie, Harquebuzerie, nor Archerie. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 47. If the shot of Harquebuzrie on foote in their distances in the field be so vncertaine,..then of necessitie it must be a great deale more vncertaine vpon horsebacke. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Espingarderie, the Harguebuzerie; or a troupe of Harguebuziers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1568 |
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