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musket

noun

mus·​ket ˈmə-skət How to pronounce musket (audio)
: a heavy large-caliber muzzle-loading usually smoothbore shoulder firearm
broadly : a shoulder gun carried by infantry

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In the early era of firearms, cannons of lesser size such as the falconet were sometimes named for birds of prey. Following this pattern, Italians applied moschetto or moschetta, meaning "sparrow hawk," to a small-caliber piece of ordnance in the 16th century. Spaniards borrowed this word as mosquete, and the French as mosquet, but both applied it to a heavy shoulder firearm rather than a cannon; English musket was borrowed soon thereafter from French. The word musket was retained after the original matchlock firing mechanism was replaced by a wheel lock, and retained still after the wheel lock was replaced by the flintlock. As the practice of rifling firearms—incising the barrel with spiral grooves to improve the bullet's accuracy—became more common, the term musket gradually gave way to the newer word rifle in the 18th century.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web He was twice seriously wounded, once when a musket ball smashed through his skull. Sara Wheeler, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 In 2019, the group discovered musket balls, leg bones and a six-pound cannonball at the site. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2022 Weapons technology will also change dramatically in future decades, Milley said, and the shift will be as radical as the change from musket to the rifle, the rifle to the machine gun or from sailing to steam ships. Thomas Phippen, Fox News, 21 May 2022 Artifacts include cavalry uniform buttons, musket balls, grinding stones, arrowheads and human remains. Louis Sahagúnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022 To date, the legal debate over the Second Amendment has largely assumed that gun technology unfolds over time according to a single, linear logic, from the colonial flintlock musket to the modern AR-15. Jennifer Tucker, CNN, 20 Oct. 2021 In another, Flynn stood jut-jawed and eagle-eyed, wielding a musket. New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022 The potential 2024 presidential contender and former South Carolina governor received the Nathan Hale Patriot Award, an honor that comes along with a replica Revolutionary War musket. Meg Kinnard, ajc, 3 Dec. 2021 The soldier, still alive, calmly tore off a piece of paper from either his gunpowder bag or musket cartridge (depending on the version of the story) and rolled a cigarette. Joan Oleck, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle French mousquet, from Old Italian moschetto small artillery piece, sparrow hawk, from diminutive of mosca fly, from Latin musca — more at midge

First Known Use

1574, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

musket

noun

mus·​ket ˈmə-skət How to pronounce musket (audio)
: a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle and that was once used by soldiers trained to fight on foot

muskets

noun

plural of musket
as in flintlocks
a type of long gun that was used by soldiers before the invention of the rifle

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • matchlocks
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  • pistols
  • handguns
  • harquebuses
  • revolvers
  • fieldpieces
  • .22s
  • culverins
  • derringers
  • small arms
  • arms
  • carbines
  • semiautomatics
  • sidearms
  • six-shooters
  • .45s
  • twenty-twos
  • pieces
  • zip guns
  • six-guns
  • gats
  • rods
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  • automatics
  • heat
  • assault rifles
  • machine guns
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  • submachine guns
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  • repeaters
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