fusil
/ˈfjuːzɪl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.56 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
Example Sentences
- "[H]e out of meer wantonness attempted to trip up the heels of the soldier that stood next him, but failed in the execution, and received a blow of his breast with the butt end of a fusil, that made him stagger several paces backward."
- "what might else be wrought / Fusil or grav'n in metal"
- "A fusil sea."
- "Part of one of thoſe round Pillars that are commonly ſuppos'd to be fuſil marble: but not truly; this being of the common Suſſex Marble, full of Sea-Shells."
Etymology
From Middle English fusill, from Old French fusel, fuisel, from a late Latin diminutive of Latin fūsus (“spindle”).