fusil
Example Sentences
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In the front of the Sulfcaa, the Zeg-Zeg troops had one French fusil: the Kano forces had forty-one muskets.
From Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa by Mungo Park
Of the fusil Nisbet writes: "The fusil is another Rhombular figure like the lozenge, but more long than broad, and its upper and lower points are more acute than the two side points."
From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
I took my fusil and pouch, according to my custom of never travelling without them.
From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz
His only arms were a light fusil, which I had given him as a present.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid
The fusil is like the lozenge, but narrower.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
