Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of
hackbut .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
hagbut . - noun (Japan) suicide by self-disembowlment on a sword.
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- noun Obsolete spelling of
hagbut .
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Examples
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The arquebus constructed in this manner was used in England in the time of Henry VIII., and was variously called haquebut, hakebut, hagbut, and hagbus, names all derived from the hooked shape of the butt.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various
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