musket
Example Sentences
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The couple are seen side by side in period costume, as Anna hands John a cartridge to reload his musket.
One of Whitney’s next ventures was manufacturing muskets for the federal government.
For the guard, being a guard, was armed with a musket.
From Literature
The Spaniard brought only 11 ships, some 450 men, 16 horses and a modest collection of cannons, crossbows and arquebuses, precursors to the musket.
Alexander Hamilton backed the idea, saying that “an essential part of the plan is to give them their freedom with their muskets.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
