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musket

[ muhs-kit ]

noun

  1. a heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers, introduced in the 16th century: the predecessor of the modern rifle.
  2. the male sparrow hawk, Accipiter nisus.


musket

/ ˈʌɪ /

noun

  1. a long-barrelled muzzle-loading shoulder gun used between the 16th and 18th centuries by infantry soldiers
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of musket1

1580–90; < Middle French mousquet < Italian moschetto crossbow arrow, later musket, originally kind of hawk, equivalent to mosch ( a ) fly (< Latin musca ) + -etto -et
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of musket1

C16: from French mousquet, from Italian moschetto arrow, earlier: sparrow hawk, from moscha a fly, from Latin musca
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Among the dozens and dozens of weapons hanging on the wall for sale are double barrel black powder shotguns – akin to a musket – and a few "they-don't-make-these-anymore" Winchester rifles from the 1800s.

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In April this year, the musket ball hole was found behind a secret panel by volunteer researchers from the House’s History Team.

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An initial excavation last summer revealed chimney bases and uncovered a military buckle and lead shot for muskets.

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That message is echoed in what’s colloquially known as the “musket fire speech,” which recently became required reading for incoming students at Brigham Young University.

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The defeated soldiers tossed their muskets onto a growing mountain of surrendered weapons, a scene that would go down as one of America’s proudest moments.

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