fusil

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He had then succeeded as to the lock both of the officer's fusil and the soldier's musket.

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

The fusil is like the lozenge, but narrower.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

To prevent suspicion, the officer in command had orders to make every sentinel he set or relieved in the night-time fire his fusil and to beat his drum at the usual hour.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

They were in neat uniform, and each soldier wore a leather helmet, with a crest of horsehair, and carried a fusil.

From "Evacuation Day", 1783 Its Many Stirring Events: with recollections of Capt. John Van Arsdale by Riker, James

Alexis, meanwhile, had dropped his rifle and taken up the fusil of Pouchskin.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist