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• petronell(obsolete),poitrinal

FromMiddle Frenchpetrinal, alteration ofpoitrinal, frompoitrinal(“of the chest”) (the weapon is thought to have been braced against a chest-pad when firing), frompoitrine(“chest, breast”), fromLatinpectorina, feminine ofpectorinus(“of the breast”) (frompectus(“chest”) +-inus(“-ine”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtɹənəl/

petronel (pluralpetronels)

1. (obsolete, weaponry) A short but large-caliber, heavy 16th- and 17th-centuryfirearm that used amatchlock orwheellock mechanism, intermediate between thearquebuse andpistol.
   • 1634, Matheo Aleman, “Wherein Guzman de Alfarache relateth the Story of thoſe two Louers, Ozmin and Daraxa”, in Don Diego Puede-Ser, transl.,The rogue: or The life of Guzman de Alfarache‎^[1], volume 1, pages68–69:

     […]And putting vp good ſtore of gold and Iewels for that iourney, and taking with him a good horſe, that was browne Bay, with aPetronell hanging at thearſon of his Saddle[…]

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