moschetto — meaning in English

English meaning

• musket noun An old type of long-barrelled firearm carried by infantry soldiers before the rifle became standard.

Senses

moschetto 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appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.