fusil

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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 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

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

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist

Not a cry awoke the solitude—not the flash of a fusil lit up the darkness of the twilight.

From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne

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