arquebusade

English

Etymology

From French arquebusade (“shot of an arquebus”); eau d'arquebusade, a vulnerary for gunshot wounds.

Noun

arquebusade (countable and uncountable, plural arquebusades)

1. The shot of an arquebus.
   • 1726, Gabriel Daniel, The History of France […] :

     The marquis of Guast escaped by the swiftness of his horse , being wounded in the thigh with an arquebusade

2. A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, such as rosemary, millefoil, etc., originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.
   • 1809, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary:

     The AQUA VULNERATA, arquebusade water, is prepared from numerous aromatics […]

Translations

the shot of an arquebus

• Portuguese: arcabuzada f

References

• “arquebusade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From arquebuse +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

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Noun

arquebusade f (plural arquebusades)

1. arquebusade (shot of an arquebus)

Further reading

• “arquebusade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.