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mus·ket (muskət)

noun

a smoothbore, long-barreled firearm, used esp. by infantry soldiers before the invention of the rifle

Etymology: MFr mosquet < It moschetto, musket, orig., fledged arrow < mosca, a fly < L musca: see midge

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musket

n.

musket Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • carry: Sometimes you may see groups of men carrying ancient muskets hunting game to supplement their diet.
  • load: The watch below, all hands to load muskets.
  • fire: Being closely pursued by the savages, one of them fired a musket over their heads.
  • use: Factual error: The Japanese soldiers are using the cap lock musket, which only yields one shot at a time.
  • have: They had 15-25 muskets per company, depending on the period and unit, and by 1601 1/3 of the shot were musket armed.
  • rifle: The cavalry was armed with Sharps carbines, which were superior to the rifled musket.

Adjective modifier

  • old: He requested some arms and was given three old muskets and a barrel of powder.
  • smooth: Weapon No 312 Bayonet Triangular Common Socket - Prior to 1814 A pattern bayonet used on British smooth bore muskets prior to 1814.
  • muzzle-loading: December 2001 Notes 1 First generation warfare was the era of massed lines and columns of troops, and the muzzle-loading musket.
  • smooth-bore: The slavers, accustomed to the smooth-bore musket, had thought themselves quite safe at such a distance.

Modifies a noun

  • ball: Her Captain, Westcott, was fatally wounded in the throat by a musket ball.
  • firing: You will get the opportunity not only drive tanks and missile carriers but also take part in musket firing and all things military.
  • shot: Campbell had fought at Culloden along with his older brother, who was killed by a musket shot.
  • fire: One or two have been turned away with a bucket of boiling oil or a volley of musket fire.
  • range: Hopton deployed his forces on a similar ridge within musket range of the Royalists.
  • barrel: Royal Small Arms Factory In 1804 a government-owned factory for making musket barrels was set up at Lewisham.

Noun used with modifier

  • flintlock: They carried an India pattern flintlock musket with socket bayonet.
  • bore: Weapon No 312 Bayonet Triangular Common Socket - Prior to 1814 A pattern bayonet used on British smooth bore muskets prior to 1814.
  • percussion: The firearms on the wall in the Museum Rotunda are percussion cap muskets.
  • lock: Factual error: The Japanese soldiers are using the cap lock musket, which only yields one shot at a time.

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