mus·ket
noun/ˈmʌskɪt/
/ˈmʌskɪt/
- an early type of long gun that was used by soldiers in the past
Topics War and conflictc2(旧时的)火枪,滑膛枪,毛瑟枪 Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French mousquet, from Italian moschetto ‘crossbow bolt’, from mosca ‘a fly’.