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Definition of Miquelets

Miquelet
Miquelet Miq"ue*let, n. [Sp. miquelete.] (Mil.) An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.

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- Miquelets or Micalets (Catalan pronunciation: [mikəˈlɛts]; Spanish: Migueletes) were irregular Catalan and Valencian mountain light infantry units. They...
- locks, applied to all manner of flintlocks, miquelets included). Contemporaries did not use the term "miquelet" to describe any type of lock or firearm....
- of miquelet lock, closely allied to the agujeta lock (which required a back or dog catch for half ****) and the Italian romanlock. The term miquelet is...
- forces, the miquelets, who laid ambushes to Noailles' forces from woods and heights. One of the most effective leaders of the miquelets was Captain Ramon...
- Miquelets de Catalunya is a Spanish living history and historical reenactment group founded in 2005 that reenacts several Catalan Army units from the...
- wear from striking the frizzen. (See also flintlock mechanism, snaphance, Miquelet lock.) The flintlock was widely used during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries...
- 800 men of the Fija de Roses regiment and 400 miquelets, the Catalan militia, with 5,000 more miquelets under Colonel Juan Clarós in the nearby hills...
- mechanical progression of the wheellock firing mechanism, and along with the miquelet lock and doglock are predecessors of the flintlock mechanism. The name...
- 1737" by Carl Hofverberg 17th century pistols at Läckö Castle. Pair of Miquelet Pistols, in the Peninsular Spanish style, made in colonial Mexico, dated...
- successive Combats of El Bruc outside Barcelona, local Catalan militia, the Miquelets (also known as sometents), defeated François Xavier de Schwarz's 4,000...