musketry
Americannoun
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Military. the technique of bringing fire from a group of rifle and automatic weapons to bear on specified targets.
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muskets collectively.
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musketeers collectively.
noun
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muskets or musketeers collectively
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the technique of using small arms
Etymology
Origin of musketry
From the French word mousqueterie, dating back to 1640–50. See musket, -ry
Example Sentences
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Interrupted by a bitter and irrelevent crescendo of musketry, the music of Richard Wagner ceased, in 1917, to be heard at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
For many of the young men who heard the Declaration read at tins week's ceremony in Princeton, the sound of musketry may soon be considerably more than a sound of celebration.
From Time Magazine Archive
Waxell called for musketry, aimed high; the Aleuts fell flat on their faces from shock.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the distances are heard the splashing of tea-chests in Boston harbor, the rattle of musketry at Lexington.
From Time Magazine Archive
Skirmish firing broke out in the fields below Seminary Ridge; musketry popped in patches of white smoke as the lines felt and probed.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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