| 单词 | musket |
| 释义 | musket (once / 480 pages) n A musket is a long, front-loaded, over-the-shoulder gun. Muskets have been used in many wars, such as the American Civil War. There are many types of guns. One that's gone out of style is the musket. This weapon of choice for infantrymen was distinctive in a few ways. It was fired over your shoulder (or sometimes mounted on a stand), and it had a very long barrel. It was also muzzle-loaded, which means it was loaded through the front of the gun, not the back, like most contemporary guns. WORD FAMILYmusket: musketeer, muskets+/musketeer: musketeers USAGE EXAMPLESMost notorious, tribal warriors seized muskets from the battlefield dead. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) Also, Pilgrims are shown with muskets, and Native Americans are shown with spears. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) The fort had capacity for a garrison of 1,600 infantrymen with access to numerous cannon, muskets, pikes and swords. BBC(Nov 07, 2016) n a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen Hypo|Hyper blunderbuss a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle culverina medieval musket fusila light flintlock musket matchlockan early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge muzzle loader an obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle |
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