MUSKET


Meaning of MUSKET in English

/ ˈmʌskɪt; NAmE / noun

an early type of long gun that was used by soldiers in the past

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from French mousquet , from Italian moschetto crossbow bolt, from mosca a fly.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.