MUSKET


Meaning of MUSKET in English

[mus.ket] n [MF mousquet, fr. OIt moschetto arrow for a crossbow, musket, fr. dim. of mosca fly, fr. L musca--more at midge] (ca. 1587): a heavy large-caliber muzzle-loading usu. smoothbore shoulder firearm; broadly: a shoulder gun carried by infantry

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