Ār'que-bus-āde', n.

n. [Fr. arquebusade, shot of an arquebuse; eau d'arquebusade, a vulnerary for gun-shot wounds.]

1. A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, &c., applied to a bruise or wound;—so called because it was originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds. Part.
2. The shot of an arquebuse. Ash.