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- noun Plural form of
petronel .
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Examples
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He was mounted upon a powerful horse, and had on a coat of mail, with four of the pistols they call petronels in that country at his waist.
Don Quixote 2002
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He was mounted upon a powerful horse, and had on a coat of mail, with four of the pistols they call petronels in that country at his waist.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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He was mounted upon a powerful horse, and had on a coat of mail, with four of the pistols they call petronels in that country at his waist.
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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He was mounted upon a powerful horse, and had on a coat of mail, with four of the pistols they call petronels in that country at his waist.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 36 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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Master Lowestoffe had transmitted not only his rapier and poniard, but a pair of pistols, which he had used in travelling; of a smaller and more convenient size than the large petronels, or horse pistols, which were then in common use, as being made for wearing at the girdle or in the pockets.
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Horse and foot, carbines and petronels, swords and pole-axes, are mingled in one struggling mass.
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There are a thousand horsemen under Percy and O'Neal, armed with swords, pole-axes, and petronels; this includes Rupert's own lifeguard of chosen men.
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For the larger plantation there were small cannon, called murderers, usually placed at the bow of a ship to prevent boarding, falconets and petronels.
Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century Annie Lash Jester
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There are notices, too, respecting such gentlemen as 'have been charged with light horses and petronels,' and of the particular divisions of coast apportioned to each.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote
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When this hiding-place was discovered in 1830, its contents were significant -- _viz. _ a crucifix and two ancient petronels.
Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. Allan Fea 1908
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