1592954089000 980899200000 term-87560 1616540951993 981037594000 1616290559456 adlib fitz-online adlib-term-87560 007a97b2-cbcb-37ff-bf0e-44b31e9eafd3 2 1 scope note Use generally for various types of light portable firearms used in Europe from the 14th to the early 17th century, fitted with a stock which allowed them to be held against the cheek, chest, or shoulder. The first models had a hooklike projection on the underside of the barrel to absorb recoil, and were rested upon a surface when fired. reference term-87559 adlib-term-87559 08f99002-ba9a-3030-8ad1-c728024f40b0 harquebus V.TK.AFU.BOK.AFU.AFU.ALO.AFU.ARI.ARI 1 code V.TK.AFU.BOK.AFU.AFU.ALO.AFU.ARI.ARI 1 harquebuses reference term-87575 adlib-term-87575 ead38b29-8dcc-30b2-bf53-a1cb287e7d72 long guns harquebuses term