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English
Etymology
From French arquebusade (“shot of an arquebus”); eau d'arquebusade, a vulnerary for gunshot wounds.
Noun
arquebusade (countable and uncountable, plural arquebusades)
- The shot of an arquebus.
1726, Gabriel Daniel, The History of France :The marquis of Guast escaped by the swiftness of his horse , being wounded in the thigh with an arquebusade
- A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, such as rosemary, millefoil, etc., originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.
1809, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary:The AQUA VULNERATA, arquebusade water, is prepared from numerous aromatics […]
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French
Etymology
From arquebuse + -ade.
Pronunciation
Noun
arquebusade f (plural arquebusades)
- arquebusade (shot of an arquebus)
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