à rouet
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The earliest pistols were made with wheels (à rouet), and the barrel did not measure more than a foot in length."
- "Soon the petronel was replaced by the arquebuse à rouet, and a little later on by the wheel-lock pistol, which was first used by the German cavalry at the battle of St. Quentin, in 1557."
- "In 1639–42, the average value of an arquebus à rouet was 80 livres; flintlock muskets were valued at 6 livres."