musketryn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌskᵻtri/, U.S.

/ˈməskətri/

Forms: 1600s musquetrie, 1600s– musketry, 1600s– musquetry (now archaic).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: musket n.², -ry suffix.

Etymology: < musket n.² + -ry suffix, after Italian moschetteria (1611 in Florio: see quot. 1611 at sense 1). Compare French mousqueterie (1628–30 in form musqueterie in sense 3, 1660 in sense 1, 1690 in sense 4).

Now chiefly historical.

1. The fire of muskets.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > use or operation of small arms > [noun] > of musket > discharge of muskets

musketry1611

musketade1649

musketading1865

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Moschettería, musketry, or shot of muschetiers.

1746 A. Stone Let. 1 Feb. in Corr. Dukes of Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 202 He had not then lost a Man, by the fire of the Rebels, (which at that time, had been only Musketry).

1756 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 322 A garrison which was only intended to defend the stores, and might be protected by 100 against musketry.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 224 The sound of musquetry ought to be prohibited at least around the haunts of the harmless cattle.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iv. 74 The answer was given by a volley of musketry.

1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 105 The quicker ring of musketry.

1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xx. 193 His misused ears..were trembling and buzzing from the melée of musketry and yells.

1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xviii. 163 A running popping of cane-stalks like musketry along a trench.

1990 B. Cornwell Sharpe's Waterloo vii. 126 Saxe-Weimar's men..were now edging the treeline with deadly musketry.

2. Muskets collectively.In some uses not readily distinguished from sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > musket > collectively

musketry1646

1646 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) II. 422 On this our unhappie day there were no lighted lunts among the musquetrie.

1647 W. Eldred Gunners Glasse 136 The Musquetry and Hargubusry.

1757 T. Smollett Reprisal ii. xi. 43 A crew of tatterdemalions running up and down the deck in confusion—the noise of cannon and musquetry.

1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal civ Joined together by a wall with loopholes, defencible only by musquetry.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 222 When, pouring upon them the whole fire of their cannon and musquetry, almost every shot took place.

1847 J. J. Oswandel Notes Mexican War (1885) i. 20 Late this evening I noticed several boxes of musketry in our quarters, and it was not long before..each soldier picked out and helped himself to a musket.

1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 28 Which he fired out of his mouth like discharges of musketry.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 711/1 The British divisions..came under a terrible fire from heavy guns and musketry.

1991 B. Aldiss Frankenstein Unbound (BNC) 70 No doubt but the discharging of all the cannon and musketry at the Field of Waterloo caused an injury to the normal temperament of the sky.

3. With plural agreement. Troops armed with muskets. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > musket > collectively

musketry1772

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. iii. vi. 563 With what applause the whole juvenile musquetry received this harangue of the prating..young thing of a theologist.

1902 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. II. i. 9 Gamboa, a Spaniard (the Scots had no musketry), was captain of 200 mounted musketeers.

4. The art or practice of using a musket, rifle, or similar firearm.Use of musketry in this sense was retained in British infantry regiments up to the First World War (1914–18), by which time the word musket itself was no longer in general use (see note at musket n.²).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > use or operation of small arms > [noun] > of musket

musketry1854

1854 J. C. Kennedy Theory Musketry (1855) Introd. The following course of Instruction in the Theory of Musketry, was arranged for the use of the School of Musketry at Hythe.

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) To go through the annual course of musketry, under the regimental instructor.

1914 R. Brooke Let. 25 Dec. (1968) 644 Cornford..recalled that he was a very good shot in his youth and is a Sergeant—is now a Sergeant-Instructor of Musketry.

1918 E. Marsh in R. Brooke Coll. Poems p. cxxci The Anson Battalion..soon went to Chatham for musquetry.

1991 Antiquity 65 1008/2 It [sc. biographical essay] excavates the General through a series of themes, an introductory sketch, then: military career, and especially concern for training in musketry.

Compounds

General attributive.

musketry action n.

ΚΠ

1875 C. Clery Minor Tactics x. 122 Marcognet's column of eight battalions was engaged in a musketry action with two battalions of Pack's brigade.

musketry battle n.

ΚΠ

a1847 R. Wilson Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) I. ii. 95 The battle raged unremittingly..and was undeniably the greatest musketry battle of the whole war.

musketry drill n.

ΚΠ

1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 55 Musketry Drill and Practice Return.

1871 C. J. Stone What happened after Battle of Dorking 14 We were at company and battalion drills, musketry drill and practice, kit inspections, shelter trench exercise, and so forth all day.

2000 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 21 July 3 Be a soldier for the day with train rides on famed locomotive ‘The General’, participate in musketry drills [etc.].

musketry fire n.

ΚΠ

1807 R. Wilson Diary 16 June in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) II. viii. 269 After a heavy cannonade and sustained musketry fire,..the enemy manoeuvred to gain our right.

1852 F. R. Chesney Observ. Fire-arms 300 (margin) Batteries of artillery supposed to be put hors de combat by musketry fire.

1999 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. 16 Sept. 4JR Through the fog, the Rebels halted, aimed and poured forth the crackling heat of musketry fire.

musketry instruction n.

ΚΠ

1859 (title) Regulations for conducting the Musketry Instruction of the Army.

1914 Polit. Sci. Q. 29 753 Sir Ian Hamilton..recommended..more efficient musketry instruction.

1998 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 15 Mar. 2 Beautifully composed are the pictures that..appear..in their original black leather album with brief captions–..musketry instruction at barracks; [etc.].

musketry instructor n.

ΚΠ

1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Musketry Instructor.

1915 J. C. Cartwright (title) The musketry instructor.

1997 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 26 Oct. 2 Mr Howard, the chief drill and musketry instructor responsible for firearms training and discipline.

musketry powder n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > specific

serpentine powder1497

musket powder1644

black powder1793

percussion powder1819

wood powder1870

musketry powder1876

Schultze gunpowder1881

sawdust-powder1883

cocoa powder1884

brown powder1886

melinite1886

lyddite1888

rifleite1891

nitro powder1892

turpinite1895

nitro1900

shimose1904

1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Musketry Powder comprises the powders used with small-arms and pistols.

musketry practice n.

ΚΠ

1853 Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 14 The opposing artillery is..never certain with its plunging fire, and the musketry practice less efficient.

1884 Manch. Examiner 4 Nov. 5/4 A number of the London Volunteers have been..returned as non-efficient on account of failure in their musketry practice.

1999 Lloyd's List Internat. (Nexis) 21 Jan. 5 ‘Boat Drill and Musketry Practice’ was a weekly event aboard Jardine's vessels and the fleet of China Steam.

musketry training n.

ΚΠ

1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 99 Officers charged with the Supervision of the Musketry Training of the Troops.

1997 Hispanic Outlook in Higher Educ. (Nexis) 24 Jan. 20 After three weeks' musketry training there was a shooting competition between our men and our instructors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	musketry
释义	musketryn. Brit. /ˈmʌskᵻtri/, U.S. /ˈməskətri/ Forms: 1600s musquetrie, 1600s– musketry, 1600s– musquetry (now archaic). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: musket n.², -ry suffix. Etymology: < musket n.² + -ry suffix, after Italian moschetteria (1611 in Florio: see quot. 1611 at sense 1). Compare French mousqueterie (1628–30 in form musqueterie in sense 3, 1660 in sense 1, 1690 in sense 4). Now chiefly historical. 1. The fire of muskets. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > use or operation of small arms > [noun] > of musket > discharge of muskets musketry1611 musketade1649 musketading1865 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Moschettería, musketry, or shot of muschetiers. 1746 A. Stone Let. 1 Feb. in Corr. Dukes of Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 202 He had not then lost a Man, by the fire of the Rebels, (which at that time, had been only Musketry). 1756 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 322 A garrison which was only intended to defend the stores, and might be protected by 100 against musketry. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 224 The sound of musquetry ought to be prohibited at least around the haunts of the harmless cattle. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iv. 74 The answer was given by a volley of musketry. 1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 105 The quicker ring of musketry. 1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xx. 193 His misused ears..were trembling and buzzing from the melée of musketry and yells. 1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xviii. 163 A running popping of cane-stalks like musketry along a trench. 1990 B. Cornwell Sharpe's Waterloo vii. 126 Saxe-Weimar's men..were now edging the treeline with deadly musketry. 2. Muskets collectively.In some uses not readily distinguished from sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > musket > collectively musketry1646 1646 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) II. 422 On this our unhappie day there were no lighted lunts among the musquetrie. 1647 W. Eldred Gunners Glasse 136 The Musquetry and Hargubusry. 1757 T. Smollett Reprisal ii. xi. 43 A crew of tatterdemalions running up and down the deck in confusion—the noise of cannon and musquetry. 1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal civ Joined together by a wall with loopholes, defencible only by musquetry. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 222 When, pouring upon them the whole fire of their cannon and musquetry, almost every shot took place. 1847 J. J. Oswandel Notes Mexican War (1885) i. 20 Late this evening I noticed several boxes of musketry in our quarters, and it was not long before..each soldier picked out and helped himself to a musket. 1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 28 Which he fired out of his mouth like discharges of musketry. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 711/1 The British divisions..came under a terrible fire from heavy guns and musketry. 1991 B. Aldiss Frankenstein Unbound (BNC) 70 No doubt but the discharging of all the cannon and musketry at the Field of Waterloo caused an injury to the normal temperament of the sky. 3. With plural agreement. Troops armed with muskets. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > musket > collectively musketry1772 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. iii. vi. 563 With what applause the whole juvenile musquetry received this harangue of the prating..young thing of a theologist. 1902 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. II. i. 9 Gamboa, a Spaniard (the Scots had no musketry), was captain of 200 mounted musketeers. 4. The art or practice of using a musket, rifle, or similar firearm.Use of musketry in this sense was retained in British infantry regiments up to the First World War (1914–18), by which time the word musket itself was no longer in general use (see note at musket n.²). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > use or operation of small arms > [noun] > of musket musketry1854 1854 J. C. Kennedy Theory Musketry (1855) Introd. The following course of Instruction in the Theory of Musketry, was arranged for the use of the School of Musketry at Hythe. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) To go through the annual course of musketry, under the regimental instructor. 1914 R. Brooke Let. 25 Dec. (1968) 644 Cornford..recalled that he was a very good shot in his youth and is a Sergeant—is now a Sergeant-Instructor of Musketry. 1918 E. Marsh in R. Brooke Coll. Poems p. cxxci The Anson Battalion..soon went to Chatham for musquetry. 1991 Antiquity 65 1008/2 It [sc. biographical essay] excavates the General through a series of themes, an introductory sketch, then: military career, and especially concern for training in musketry. Compounds General attributive. musketry action n. ΚΠ 1875 C. Clery Minor Tactics x. 122 Marcognet's column of eight battalions was engaged in a musketry action with two battalions of Pack's brigade. musketry battle n. ΚΠ a1847 R. Wilson Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) I. ii. 95 The battle raged unremittingly..and was undeniably the greatest musketry battle of the whole war. musketry drill n. ΚΠ 1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 55 Musketry Drill and Practice Return. 1871 C. J. Stone What happened after Battle of Dorking 14 We were at company and battalion drills, musketry drill and practice, kit inspections, shelter trench exercise, and so forth all day. 2000 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 21 July 3 Be a soldier for the day with train rides on famed locomotive ‘The General’, participate in musketry drills [etc.]. musketry fire n. ΚΠ 1807 R. Wilson Diary 16 June in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) II. viii. 269 After a heavy cannonade and sustained musketry fire,..the enemy manoeuvred to gain our right. 1852 F. R. Chesney Observ. Fire-arms 300 (margin) Batteries of artillery supposed to be put hors de combat by musketry fire. 1999 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. 16 Sept. 4JR Through the fog, the Rebels halted, aimed and poured forth the crackling heat of musketry fire. musketry instruction n. ΚΠ 1859 (title) Regulations for conducting the Musketry Instruction of the Army. 1914 Polit. Sci. Q. 29 753 Sir Ian Hamilton..recommended..more efficient musketry instruction. 1998 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 15 Mar. 2 Beautifully composed are the pictures that..appear..in their original black leather album with brief captions–..musketry instruction at barracks; [etc.]. musketry instructor n. ΚΠ 1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Musketry Instructor. 1915 J. C. Cartwright (title) The musketry instructor. 1997 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 26 Oct. 2 Mr Howard, the chief drill and musketry instructor responsible for firearms training and discipline. musketry powder n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > specific serpentine powder1497 musket powder1644 black powder1793 percussion powder1819 wood powder1870 musketry powder1876 Schultze gunpowder1881 sawdust-powder1883 cocoa powder1884 brown powder1886 melinite1886 lyddite1888 rifleite1891 nitro powder1892 turpinite1895 nitro1900 shimose1904 1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Musketry Powder comprises the powders used with small-arms and pistols. musketry practice n. ΚΠ 1853 Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 14 The opposing artillery is..never certain with its plunging fire, and the musketry practice less efficient. 1884 Manch. Examiner 4 Nov. 5/4 A number of the London Volunteers have been..returned as non-efficient on account of failure in their musketry practice. 1999 Lloyd's List Internat. (Nexis) 21 Jan. 5 ‘Boat Drill and Musketry Practice’ was a weekly event aboard Jardine's vessels and the fleet of China Steam. musketry training n. ΚΠ 1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 99 Officers charged with the Supervision of the Musketry Training of the Troops. 1997 Hispanic Outlook in Higher Educ. (Nexis) 24 Jan. 20 After three weeks' musketry training there was a shooting competition between our men and our instructors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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