Definition of musket in English:

musket

noun ˈmʌskɪtˈməskət

historical

An infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored and fired from the shoulder.
〈史〉火枪，滑膛枪
as modifier a volley of musket fire
Example sentencesExamples
- What nerve it must have taken to run into the face of massed musket fire.
- The soldiers were hurriedly leaving the scene, their muskets over their shoulders, not even sparing a look back at the panicked crowd.
- She held a musket and fired several shots, each hitting their marks.
- I tried to sleep, but the echo of the musket fire woke me from my light slumber and pierced my heart with panic.
- Instead, he saw the men walking calmly, saw them carefully scanning the terrain ahead of them, muskets ready to fire.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French mousquet, from Italian moschetto 'crossbow bolt', from mosca 'a fly'.

The name of the old type of long-barrelled gun comes from Italian, and is probably a use of moschetto ‘sparrowhawk’. It was not uncommon for ballistic weapons to take their names from birds of prey, and arrows and crossbows had previously been called sparrowhawks. The soldier armed with a musket was immortalized in The Three Musketeers by the 19th-century French novelist Alexandre Dumas, though film versions of the story are more memorable for their sword fights. In the 17th and 18th centuries the musketeers formed part of the household troops of the French king.

Definition of musket in US English:

musket

nounˈməskətˈməskət

historical

An infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored, muzzleloading, and fired from the shoulder.
〈史〉火枪，滑膛枪
as modifier a volley of musket fire
Example sentencesExamples
- Instead, he saw the men walking calmly, saw them carefully scanning the terrain ahead of them, muskets ready to fire.
- The soldiers were hurriedly leaving the scene, their muskets over their shoulders, not even sparing a look back at the panicked crowd.
- She held a musket and fired several shots, each hitting their marks.
- I tried to sleep, but the echo of the musket fire woke me from my light slumber and pierced my heart with panic.
- What nerve it must have taken to run into the face of massed musket fire.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French mousquet, from Italian moschetto ‘crossbow bolt’, from mosca ‘a fly’.

单词	musket
释义	Definition of musket in English: musket noun ˈmʌskɪtˈməskət historical An infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored and fired from the shoulder. 〈史〉火枪，滑膛枪 as modifier a volley of musket fire Example sentencesExamples What nerve it must have taken to run into the face of massed musket fire. The soldiers were hurriedly leaving the scene, their muskets over their shoulders, not even sparing a look back at the panicked crowd. She held a musket and fired several shots, each hitting their marks. I tried to sleep, but the echo of the musket fire woke me from my light slumber and pierced my heart with panic. Instead, he saw the men walking calmly, saw them carefully scanning the terrain ahead of them, muskets ready to fire. Origin Late 16th century: from French mousquet, from Italian moschetto 'crossbow bolt', from mosca 'a fly'. The name of the old type of long-barrelled gun comes from Italian, and is probably a use of moschetto ‘sparrowhawk’. It was not uncommon for ballistic weapons to take their names from birds of prey, and arrows and crossbows had previously been called sparrowhawks. The soldier armed with a musket was immortalized in The Three Musketeers by the 19th-century French novelist Alexandre Dumas, though film versions of the story are more memorable for their sword fights. In the 17th and 18th centuries the musketeers formed part of the household troops of the French king. Definition of musket in US English: musket nounˈməskətˈməskət historical An infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored, muzzleloading, and fired from the shoulder. 〈史〉火枪，滑膛枪 as modifier a volley of musket fire Example sentencesExamples Instead, he saw the men walking calmly, saw them carefully scanning the terrain ahead of them, muskets ready to fire. The soldiers were hurriedly leaving the scene, their muskets over their shoulders, not even sparing a look back at the panicked crowd. She held a musket and fired several shots, each hitting their marks. I tried to sleep, but the echo of the musket fire woke me from my light slumber and pierced my heart with panic. What nerve it must have taken to run into the face of massed musket fire. Origin Late 16th century: from French mousquet, from Italian moschetto ‘crossbow bolt’, from mosca ‘a fly’.
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