hagbut

Questions about hagbut

What does hagbut mean?

hagbut means "an obsolete firearm with a long barrel".

How many syllables are in hagbut?

hagbut has 2 syllables and divides as hag-but under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hagbut?

Close synonyms include arquebus, harquebus, hackbut. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hagbut a common word?

hagbut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.