▪ I. † bowse, n. Obs. rare.
[a. MDu. buis gun: cf. bus and harquebus.]
A harquebus.
| 1556 Chron. Gr. Friars (1852) 42 All London musterd in harnes, morys pykes, bowses, hand gons, and whytt cottes. |
▪ II. bowse, bowsie
var. of bouse, bousy.