Definitions for: Musket

[n] a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen

Webster (1913) Definition: Mus"ket, n. [F. mousquet, It. moschetto, formerly, a
kind of hawk; cf. OF. mousket, moschet, a kind of hawk
falcon, F. mouchet, prop., a little fly (the hawk prob. being
named from its size), fr. L. musca a fly. Cf. Mosquito.]
[Sometimes written also musquet.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The male of the sparrow hawk.

2. A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of
an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or
matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances
(including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock)
were successively substituted. This arm has been generally
superseded by the rifle.

See Also: blunderbuss, fusil, matchlock, muzzle loader

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