Musket

Definitions

1. A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, 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appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.
2. A male Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus).

Equivalents

36 more languages

العربيةالبندقيةبندقية

Беларускаямушкет

Българскимускет

Bosanskimušketapu

Catalàmosquet

Češtinamušketa

Danskmusket

Ελληνικάμουσκέτο

Esperantomuskedomusketo

Suomimusketti

Gàidhliggunna

Galegomosquete

हिन्दीतुफ़ंग

Hrvatskimušketapu

Հայերենմուշկետ

Íslenskaframhlaðningur

Italianomoschetto

日本語マスケットマスケット銃兄鷹

ქართულიმუშკეტი

한국어머스킷

Kurdîpû

Latinamosquetum

Te Reo Māoripū

Македонскимускета

Bahasa Melayusenapang lantak

Nederlandsmusket

Polskimuszkiet

Portuguêsmosquete

Românămuschetă

Русскиймушкет

සිංහලතුවක්කුව

Shqiparnautkë

Српскиmušketapu

Svenskamusköt

Українськамушкет

Tiếng Việtsúng hoả mai

Examples

“Soldier, soldier, won't you marry⟳ me, with your musket, fife and drum.”

“Sam, Sam, pick⟳ up thy musket.”

“[…] you may be assured, had they known the terrour of Muskets, Caliuers and Piſtols, they would haue vſed the leſſe Bowes, Speares and Bills; […]”

“The Souldier having his Musket ſhoulder'd, muſt ſtand ſtraight upon his Limbs, hold⟳ up his Head, and look⟳ always to the commanding Officer, […]”

“The whole of the tumultuous scene vanished from the senses of Lionel at the flash⟳ of the musket of this man, and he sunk beneath the feet of the combatants, insensible of further triumph, and of every danger.”

“Probably, rifling evolved from the early observation of the feathers on an arrow-and from the practical results of cutting channels in a musket, originally to reduce⟳ fouling, then because it was found to improve⟳ accuracy of the shot.”

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