Fusil


[fyoo-zuh l, -sil] /ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl/

noun
1.
a light flintlock musket.
[fyoo-zuh l, -sil] /ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl/
adjective
1.
formed by melting or casting; fused; founded.
2.
Archaic. capable of being melted; fusible.
3.
Archaic. melted; molten.
/ˈfjuːzɪl/
noun
1.
a light flintlock musket
/ˈfjuːzɪl/
noun
1.
(heraldry) a charge shaped like a lengthened lozenge
n.

flintlock musket, 1670s, from French fusil (see fusilier).

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