单词 | musket |
释义 | musket[ muhs-kit ] / ˈmʌs kɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR musket ON THESAURUS.COM nouna heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers, introduced in the 16th century: the predecessor of the modern rifle. the male sparrow hawk, Accipiter nisus. Origin of musket1580–90; <Middle French mousquet<Italian moschetto crossbow arrow, later musket, originally kind of hawk, equivalent to mosch(a) fly (<Latin musca) + -etto-et Words nearby musketmuskeg, Muskego, Muskegon, Muskegon Heights, muskellunge, musket, musketeer, musketry, muskie, Muskingum, musk mallow Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for musketBritish Dictionary definitions for musketmusket / (ˈmʌskɪt) / nouna long-barrelled muzzle-loading shoulder gun used between the 16th and 18th centuries by infantry soldiers Word Origin for musketC16: from French mousquet, from Italian moschetto arrow, earlier: sparrow hawk, from moscha a fly, from Latin musca Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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