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hackbut (iou)



hackbut noun. , (earliest) hackbush. L15.
[(French haquebut(e alt. of) haquebusche from Middle Dutch hakebus, hagebus (Dutch haakbus), Middle Low German hakebusse, from hake(n HOOK noun + bus(se gun, firearm (cf. BLUNDERBUSS). Cf. HARQUEBUS.]
= HARQUEBUS 1.
? Forms in -but recorded from M16.
hackbu'teer noun (Hist.) = hackbutter E17.
hackbutter noun (Hist.) a soldier armed with a hackbut E16.