Harquebus

It was also typical that the prosecutor would have enlisted someone else to deliver it, one of the lads who regarded Arkady as ancient and as unpredictable as a loaded harquebus. ❋ Martin Cruz Smith (2010)

Malinalli had not yet finished translating these last words when the discharge of a harquebus signaled the beginning of the slaughter. ❋ Laura Esquivel (2007)

Without the mastery of the language, his weapons were useless; it would be like using a harquebus as a club instead of firing it. ❋ Laura Esquivel (2007)

Ruby had taken the relic piece — more relative to the harquebus than to the current fashion in rifles — and hunted wild turkey and deer through the winter, jerking the venison by the fire like an Indian. ❋ Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain (2003)

Raising the harquebus, Sulu fired and was almost knocked down by the heavy weapon. ❋ Laurence Yep (2000)

Ruby had taken the relic piece -- more relative to the harquebus than to the current fashion in rifles -- and hunted wild turkey and deer through the winter, jerking the venison by the fire like an Indian. ❋ Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain (1997)

I also see a modern U. S.-made rifle, an AK-47, or a harquebus from the times of the Spanish conquistadors. ❋ Unknown (1995)

Mary could see Riccio grab on to the bedpost in the bedroom, only to have his fingers clubbed with the stock of a harquebus. ❋ George, Margaret (1987)

"I'll see you in Hell first!" he answered, firing on Tullibardine with a harquebus. ❋ George, Margaret (1987)

In later ages students will say, "Ah, in Scotland a new player came to fight," just as we now study siege-machines and the catapult and the harquebus. ❋ George, Margaret (1987)

He is even more calculating and slow-moving than Catherine de Medicis, and fancies himself the champion of the Church; now that the Pope has condemned me, he would never lift a finger or a sword or a harquebus to restore me. ❋ George, Margaret (1987)

What is training center going to do with a fifteenth century harquebus? ❋ Unknown (1979)

[2] The harquebus was called pishtchal 'in Russian. ❋ Tarassuk, Leonid (1978)

Armory hall was a large and lofty chamber with vaulted ceiling, that dated back almost to the early Norman period; its walls, decorated in geometrical designs, were covered with many varieties of antique weapons of warfare; halberd and mace gleamed and mingled with harquebus, poleax or lance. ❋ Frederic S. Isham (N/A)