fusil

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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

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

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist

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

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

The fusil is like the lozenge, but narrower.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony