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musket

[muhs-kit] / ˈmʌs kɪt /
NOUN
gun
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The Spaniard brought only 11 ships, some 450 men, 16 horses and a modest collection of cannons, crossbows and arquebuses, precursors to the musket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Artefacts recovered from the battlefield in recent years have included lead musket balls and a shoe buckle believed to have belonged to a clan chief.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025

Questions aside, a musket can come in handy.

From Slate • May 8, 2024

Would there be any musket balls, messages from students, or clues to historical mysteries?

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

Finally he picked up the Hessian’s musket and bayonet and put it over his shoulder.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis




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