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musket::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | muzzle loader |
| Has types | blunderbuss, culverin, fusil, matchlock |
| Derivation | musketeer |
Examples of musket
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In the 1820s, devastating musket raids by Ngapuhi drove the maritime iwi inland.
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Pointer's musket is on permanent display at The North House Museum in Lewisburg.
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During his formative years, a musket shot only a few dozen yards with accuracy.
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Spinning demonstrations, musket drill rifles and drums of the Delaware Militia.
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The simplicity of the musket design allowed it to fire a variety of ammunition.
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They met with musket fire from the market house and were subsequently defeated.
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The other parts of the musket were fairly easy to make and required less skill.
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The soldier will bring the musket to the priming position, with the pan opened.
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Lowe continued drifting, listening to the popping sounds of musket fire below.
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- A muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
- A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smooth bore long gun, fired from the shoulder. Muskets were designed for use by infantry. A soldier armed with a musket had the designation musketman or musketeer.
- Musket (1867-1885) was an English-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire in Australia and New Zealand.
- A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been superseded by the rifle
- A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder. Thrust from exploding powder shoots the bullet forward like a chest pass in basketball.
- A type of gun with a long barrel used before the invention of the rifle
- A shoulder firearm used from the late 16th through the 18th centuries.
- (n.) A smoothbore military muzzleloading shoulder arm. Muskets were the worldwide standard in military infantry weapons before the adoption of the rifle as standard. ...
- A heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers, introduced in the 16th century and used through the 19^th century.
