单词 | musket range |
释义 | > as lemmasmusket range musket range n. the range of a musket; = musket shot n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > use or operation of small arms > [noun] > of musket > range of musket musket shot1588 musket reach1646 musket range1834 1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 133 Villages commanded by the neighbouring ground, within musket-range. 1844 C. J. Lever Tom Burke II. lxviii. 135 Our men fell fast—several badly wounded, for the distance was less than half musket-range. 1917 E. K. Smith Let. in To Mexico with Scott (1946) 48 The occasional expression of a wish to charge being the only evidence that they felt their position out of musket range and exposed to the deadly fire of many cannon. < as lemmas |
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