hackbut

[ hak-buht ]

/ ˈhæk bʌt /

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Also hag·but

[hag-buht] /ˈhæg bʌt/ .

Origin of hackbut

First recorded in 1535–45; earlier hacquebute, from Middle French, variant of ha(r)quebusche, from Middle Dutch hākebusse literally, “hookgun”; see harquebus

OTHER WORDS FROM hackbut

hack·but·eer

[hak-buh-teer], /ˌhæk bəˈtɪər/, noun

Words nearby hackbut

hack, hackamore, hackathon, hackberry, hack board, hackbut, Hackensack, hacker, hackery, hackette, hack hammer

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How to use hackbut in a sentence

Anthony Hackbut, of Boyne's Bank, had been giving himself up latterly to this fatal comparison.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete|George Meredith
But the courageous Laird gave it over without shot of hackbut, and for his reward was caused to march upon foot to London.
The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland|John Knox
A kitchen jack leaned against a pyx, a republican sabre on a mediaeval hackbut.
The Magic Skin|Honore de Balzac
Better known is the band of 2000 hackbut-men which the Earl of Lincoln brought to Stoke in 1487.
The Art of War in the Middle Ages A.D. 378-1515|C. W. C. Oman

She belongs to old Hackbut of the Bank—the old porter, you know.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete|George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for hackbut

hackbut

hagbut

/ (ˈhækbʌt) /

noun

another word for arquebus

Derived forms of hackbut

hackbuteer, hackbutter, hagbuteer or hagbutter, noun

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