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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: musket (0.00789 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to musket.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: musket musket n : a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
English → English (gcide) Definition: Musket Musket \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. [1913 Webster] 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 This arm has been completely superseded by the rifle, and is now only of historical interest. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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