fusil

Example Sentences

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Warned by what they had witnessed, the Indians had retired beyond even the range of the Serjeant’s fusil.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

On the long and narrow fusil it would be impossible.

From Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

He had seized his fusil, and wriggled his body into an erect attitude; but he felt powerless to do more.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist

The fusil is like the lozenge, but narrower.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

At any hour of the day or night they are ready for battle: they tend their cattle on horseback, lance in hand, fusil in sling, and sabre in belt. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis