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fusil
fu·sil F0373900 (fyo͞o′zəl)n. A light flintlock musket.
[French, steel in a flintlock, firearm, from Old French fuisil, steel for a tinderbox, from Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), fire-(stone), from Late Latin focus, fire, from Latin, hearth.]fusil (ˈfjuːzɪl) n (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a light flintlock musket[C16 (in the sense: steel for a tinderbox): from Old French fuisil, from Vulgar Latin focīlis (unattested), from Latin focus fire]
fusil (ˈfjuːzɪl) n (Heraldry) heraldry a charge shaped like a lengthened lozenge[C15: from Old French fusel, ultimately from Latin fūsus spindle, fuse1 (the heraldic lozenge originally represented a spindle covered with tow for spinning)]fu•sil1 (ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl)
n. a light flintlock musket. [1670–80; < French: musket, Old French fuisil, foisil steel for striking fire « Latin focus] fu•sil2 (ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl) also fu•sile (-zəl, -sɪl, -saɪl)
adj. 1. formed by melting or casting; fused; founded. 2. Archaic. capable of being melted; fusible. 3. Archaic. melted; molten. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fūsilis molten =fu(n)d(ere) to pour, cast + -tilis -tile] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | fusil - a light flintlock musketmusket - a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen |
TranslationsFusil
Fusil a type of flintlock used from the 17th to the 19th centuries in the armies of Russia and other countries; it replaced the musket. Flintlocks were replaced by rifles in the mid-19th century. fusil
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