arquebusade

English

Etymology

French arquebusade (“shot of an arquebus”); eau d'arquebusade, a vulnerary for gunshot wounds.

Noun

arquebusade (countable and uncountable, plural arquebusades)

  1. The shot of an arquebus.
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  2. A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, such as rosemary, millefoil, etc., originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.
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Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for arquebusade in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

arquebuse +‎ -ade

Noun

arquebusade f (plural arquebusades)

  1. arquebusade (shot of an arquebus)
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