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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While the smoke of musketry wreathed Bunker Hill,* a young man sat working in a library a few miles away.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here and there amidst the soft guitars could be heard an occasional rattle of rearguard musketry.
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
Richly caparisoned elephants trumpeted too, and rushed wildly about with trunks erect when they heard the roll of musketry.
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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