musket — meaning in English
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English meaning
- musket noun An old type of long-barrelled firearm carried by infantry soldiers before the rifle became standard.
Senses
musket is used for these senses in English:
- musket 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appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.