arquebusade noun2 •The shot of an arquebus.The marquis of Guast escaped by the swiftness of his horse , being wounded in the thigh with an arquebusade — 1726 •A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, such as rosemary, millefoil, etc., originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.The AQUA VULNERATA, arquebusade water, is prepared from numerous aromatics[…] — 1809 formsarquebusades