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fusil
1[ fyoo-zuhl, -sil ]
noun
- a light flintlock musket.
fusil
2[ fyoo-zuhl, -sil ]
adjective
- formed by melting or casting; fused; founded.
- Archaic. capable of being melted; fusible.
- Archaic. melted; molten.
fusil
1/ ˈfjuːzɪl /
noun
- a light flintlock musket
fusil
2/ ˈfjuːzɪl /
noun
- heraldry a charge shaped like a lengthened lozenge
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fusil1
Origin of fusil2
Example Sentences
Malgr les efforts du bateau de sauvetage et des lignes envoyes au moyen du fusil porte-amarre, quatre hommes et le mousse ont pri.
The weapons most in use among the Pueblos are the bow and arrow, with a long-handled lance and occasionally a fusil.
In default of bow or lance, they chase with the fusil, but seldom so successfully as with the former weapons.
They were in neat uniform, and each soldier wore a leather helmet, with a crest of horsehair, and carried a fusil.
The other boat paddlers wanted to rescue him, but I menaced them with my fusil and the matter ended by the return of the jug.
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