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musketoon Obs. exc. Hist.|mʌskɪˈtuːn|
Also 7 musquetoon, musquettoon, 7–9 muskatoon.
[a. F. mousqueton, ad. It. moschettone, f. moschetto musket2: see -oon.]
1. A kind of musket, short and with a large bore.
1650R. Stapylton Strada's Low C. Warres vi. 31, 15 Supernumeraryes, armed with Musketoons, and Rests. 1655Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. §67 A..way..for Musquettoons fastened to the Pummel of the Saddle so that a Common Trooper cannot misse to charge them, with twenty or thirty Bullets at a time, even in full Career. 1684Otway Atheist ii. i, Stand Centinel..with Musquetoons and Blunderbusses. 1772T. Simes Milit. Guide s.v. Blunderbuss, Blunderbuss is a short fire arm with a large bore... The shortest sort of them are called musquetoons. 1800in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. IV. 22 The construction of the musquetoon, or wall piece. 1889Doyle Micah Clarke 152 Your musquetoon should be sloped upon your shoulder.
2. A soldier armed with a musketoon.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 232 Three hundred thousand horse, and seventy thousand good musquetoons. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals ii. iii. 185 Forty Souldiers a horseback, drawn by order out of his Majesties Musquetoons.
3. Comb.: musketoon pistol, a smaller kind of musketoon.
1695Lond. Gaz. No. 3055/4 At his late Dwelling-House..are to be sold..Musketoons, and Musketoon Pistols. |