musketry
Military. the technique of bringing fire from a group of rifle and automatic weapons to bear on specified targets.
muskets collectively.
musketeers collectively.
Origin of musketry
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How to use musketry in a sentence
Irregular spurts of musketry heralded the appearance of confused masses of armed men.
The Red Year | Louis TracyHer voice and the sound of her footsteps were alike drowned by a rattle of musketry from other parts of the ruin.
Overland | John William De ForestBy 8.0 the musketry and the shelling began to slacken down although there was a good deal of desultory shooting.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian HamiltonNo sooner had the pickets been thrown out, than the rattling of musketry commenced all along the line.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.Cannon and musketry roared and rattled, not in volleys, but in one continual din.
"Shiloh" as Seen by a Private Soldier | Warren Olney
British Dictionary definitions for musketry
/ (ˈmʌskɪtrɪ) /
muskets or musketeers collectively
the technique of using small arms
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