musketry

American  

[muhs-ki-tree] / ˈmʌs kɪ tri /

noun

1. Military. the technique of bringing fire from a group of rifle and automatic weapons to bear on specified targets.

2. muskets collectively.

3. musketeers collectively.

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musketry British  

/ ˈmʌskɪtrɪ /

noun

1. muskets or musketeers collectively

2. the technique of using small arms

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Etymology

Origin of musketry

From the French word mousqueterie, dating back to 1640–50. See musket, -ry

Example Sentences

“Your Diversion,” says I. To which he replies, “There can be little Doubt that without your timely Interference, I should have been dispatched by the Musketry of the Regulars.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Musketry instruction During the summer of 1889 I was able to introduce several much needed reforms in the annual course of musketry for the Native Army.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh

On the 27th of July tents were shifted to Totley Rifle Ranges in Derbyshire, where the preliminary Musketry Course was fired by the Battalion during the next fortnight, with most creditable results.

From The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 by Arthur, John W.

Be sure we kept a relentless eye on the N.C.O.'s, and the Major in charge of the whole Musketry Detachment did not deal gently with us.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 by Various

The following systems of target designation are used at the School of Musketry.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)