fusil/ˈfjuːzɪl/EtymologyFrom Middle English fusill, from Old French fusel, fuisel, from a late Latin diminutive of Latin fūsus (“spindle”).fusil means A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.nounA bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.A light flintlock musket or firelock.“[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.”