Fusil

Quick meaning: Fusil is a noun meaning (heraldry) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.

Meaning

(heraldry) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.

More Meanings

1. (now historical) A light flintlock musket or firelock.
2. Obsolete spelling of fusile.

Example Sentences

A fusil sea.

what might else be wrought / Fusil or grav'n in metal

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.

[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.

Word Forms

• fusils

Synonyms for fusil

Depending on context, synonyms include fusee.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fusile, fuzil, fusileer, fimbriation, sufflue, fuzee.

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