musket balln.

Brit.

/ˈmʌskᵻt bɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈməskət ˌbɔl/,

/ˈməskət ˌbɑl/

Forms: see musket n.² and ball n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: musket n.², ball n.¹

Etymology: < musket n.² + ball n.¹

Now historical.

A metal ball of a type used as ammunition in a musket.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet

pistol bullet?1591

musket bullet1598

musket ball1637

silver bullet1648

three-o(h)-three1683

pistol ball1689

musket shot1755

Biscayen1812

picket1848

rifle bolt1849

Minié ball1851

Minié1852

expanding bullet1859

navy bullet1873

two-two1895

dum-dum1897

Lee-Enfield bullet1899

rubber bullet1900

full-metal-jacket1913

round-nose1932

thirty-two1942

plastic bullet1945

baton round1968

1637 J. Shirley Lady of Pleasure iv. i Her phlegm would quench a furnace, and her breath would damp a musket ball.

1645 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1938) VIII. 421 For the number of 300 weight of muscat ball.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 181 We return'd the Salute with our Musquet-Ball.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 283 A Wound in his Breast by a Musket-ball..disabled him at present.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 109 A musket-ball had gone thro' both legs.

1880 Harper's Mag. Sept. 506/1 There were in her mainmast eighteen large grape, and sixteen musket-balls, besides smaller missilery in profusion.

1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 at Gough, Sir Hugh Henry He engaged in a series of single combats, but was at length disabled by a musket ball through the leg.

1994 Esprit de Corps (Ottawa) Aug. 31/1 The centre column abandoned the assault and the shaken survivors retreated in confusion with grape shot and musket balls ringing around their ears.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	musket ball
释义	musket balln. Brit. /ˈmʌskᵻt bɔːl/, U.S. /ˈməskət ˌbɔl/, /ˈməskət ˌbɑl/ Forms: see musket n.² and ball n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: musket n.², ball n.¹ Etymology: < musket n.² + ball n.¹ Now historical. A metal ball of a type used as ammunition in a musket. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet pistol bullet?1591 musket bullet1598 musket ball1637 silver bullet1648 three-o(h)-three1683 pistol ball1689 musket shot1755 Biscayen1812 picket1848 rifle bolt1849 Minié ball1851 Minié1852 expanding bullet1859 navy bullet1873 two-two1895 dum-dum1897 Lee-Enfield bullet1899 rubber bullet1900 full-metal-jacket1913 round-nose1932 thirty-two1942 plastic bullet1945 baton round1968 1637 J. Shirley Lady of Pleasure iv. i Her phlegm would quench a furnace, and her breath would damp a musket ball. 1645 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1938) VIII. 421 For the number of 300 weight of muscat ball. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 181 We return'd the Salute with our Musquet-Ball. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 283 A Wound in his Breast by a Musket-ball..disabled him at present. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 109 A musket-ball had gone thro' both legs. 1880 Harper's Mag. Sept. 506/1 There were in her mainmast eighteen large grape, and sixteen musket-balls, besides smaller missilery in profusion. 1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 at Gough, Sir Hugh Henry He engaged in a series of single combats, but was at length disabled by a musket ball through the leg. 1994 Esprit de Corps (Ottawa) Aug. 31/1 The centre column abandoned the assault and the shaken survivors retreated in confusion with grape shot and musket balls ringing around their ears. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1637
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