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Definition of Muskets

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. 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 This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle.

Meaning of Muskets from wikipedia

- the mid-19th century. In turn, this style of musket was retired in the 19th century when rifled muskets (simply called rifles in modern terminology) using...
- because the Kai Tutae were equipped with muskets. Under Hongi Hika's command, Ngāpuhi began am****ing muskets and from about 1818 began launching effective...
- naming of these muskets is not consistent. Some references only refer to Model 1763 and later versions as Charleville flintlock muskets, while other references...
- inside of their barrels. Smoothbore muskets do not. The term "Rifled musket" originally referred to smoothbore muskets that later had their barrels rifled...
- and market. In 1695 and 1696 contracts for muskets from the Tulle factory each called for "five hunting muskets for the Indian Chiefs". These models would...
- the musket was made, hence the name. While the musket is more correctly called a Prussian infantry musket or a Prussian pattern musket, these muskets later...
- a particular model of smoothbore musket. In the early 19th century, both rifles and muskets were in use. Muskets were smoothbore muzzle-loading weapons...
- which at the time comprised the largest number of muskets in U.S. ****nals at about 20,000 muskets. The Model 1795 was used in the War of 1812, after...
- Winder musket was su****ded by the 1922 Model bolt-action training rifle, and remaining Winder muskets were sold. The action for the Winder musket was originally...
- The Musket was further improved in 1816 and 1822. Many were converted from flintlock to percussion cap in the mid-19th century. 7 million muskets were...