handgonne

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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A handheld pre-matchlock black-powder gun.

"mere dry-as-dust knowledge of how Cæsar invaded Gaul, or Hannibal Italy, is about as useful as a knowledge of the "handgonne" would be for working a 12-pounder breech-loader."
"It is not known exactly when handheld black-powder weapons were first used, nor when the handgonne was later replaced by the matchlock."

Learned borrowing from Middle English handgonne. Doublet of handgun.

handgonnes (plural)

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