escopette noun.
[ɛskǝ(ʊ)'pɛt] E19.[Spanish escopeta (assim. to French escopette from Italian) from Italian schioppetto dim. of schioppo carbine from medieval Latin sclop(p)us harquebus: see -ETTE.]Hist. A kind of carbine formerly used in Mexico and the southern US.
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