musket

Example Sentences

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A family tree hangs in the boardroom and some of the company’s oldest weapons, including a musket from 1830, are displayed in an archive of more than 1,500 pieces.

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The couple are seen side by side in period costume, as Anna hands John a cartridge to reload his musket.

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One of Whitney’s next ventures was manufacturing muskets for the federal government.

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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.

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