Definition of "fusil"

fusil¹

/ˈfjuːzɪl/

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

fusil²

/ˈfjuːzɪl/

noun
plural fusils
1. (now historical) A light flintlock musket or firelock.
  Quotations
  [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.
  1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […]

fusil³

/ˈfjuːzɪl/

adjective
comparative more fusil, superlative most fusil
1. Obsolete spelling of fusile
  Quotations
  what might else be wrought / Fusil or grav'n in metal
  1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
  A fusil sea.
  1708, [John Philips], “Book II”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], page 70
  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.
  1728, J[ohn] Woodward, “A Catalogue of the Second Addition of English Native Fossils”, in A Catalogue of the Additional English Native Fossils, in the Collection of J. Woodward M.D., tome II, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], page 91