fusil
/fuˈsil/ · B2 · noun · m
rifle
🔫 fusil sounds like fuse + sill: a fuse lit on a window sill, then BANG, rifle
Say fu-SEEL: think of a fuse burning on a window sill, which ends in a bang. The word comes from Old French fuisil, meaning flint steel for striking sparks, and later named the flintlock gun that used it.