musket

(mus′kət)

noun

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

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

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noun

A smoothbore shoulder gun used from the late 16th through the 18th century.

Origin:

Origin: French mousquet

Origin: , from Italian moschetto, a type of crossbow, musket

Origin: , from moschetta, little fly, bolt of a crossbow

Origin: , diminutive of mosca, fly

Origin: , from Latin musca

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