Arquebuse,
n. [F.
arquebuse, OF.
harquebuse, fr. D.
haak-bus; cf. G.
hakenbÜchse a gun with a hook. See
Hagbut.].
A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention. [1913 Webster]