fusil

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He has now completed the barrel, stock, and mounting of the officer's fusil, and is proceeding on those of the soldier's musket.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

A fusil is a bearing in heraldry made in the form of a spindle, with its yarn or thread wound about it.

From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Not a cry awoke the solitude—not the flash of a fusil lit up the darkness of the twilight.

From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne

Immediately Sir George and Guild, accompanied by a servant who was with them, started in pursuit of the intruder, and a moment afterward Dorothy heard her father's voice and the discharge of the fusil.

From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Major, Charles

Our artillery lost its value, and we met them with fusil and caliver.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil