fusil

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C'est donc tout simplement un très modeste fusil de munition adapté a sa taille que j'adresse à votre Majesté pour son auguste et charmant enfant le Prince de Galles, comme ma réponse à sa question.

From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Benson, Arthur Christopher

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

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

"Le fils du roi s'en va chassant, En roulant ma boule, Avec son grand fusil d'argent, Rouli roulant, ma boule roulant."

From Conjuror's House A Romance of the Free Forest by White, Stewart Edward

Cotgrave has arquebuse à fusil, "a snaphaunce," and explains fusil as "a fire-steele for a tinder-box."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest