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musketry

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mus·​ket·​ry | \ ˈmə-skə-trē How to pronounce musketry (audio) \

Definition of musketry

1 : muskets
2 : musketeers
3a : musket fire
b : the art or science of using small arms especially in battle

Examples of musketry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Soon my father found the dining table stacked with volumes from the Inner Sunset library: books on famous battles, biographies of Grant and Sherman, guides to uniforms and musketry. — Daniel Mason, The Atlantic, "For the Union Dead," 6 Apr. 2020

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First Known Use of musketry

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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“Musketry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/musketry. Accessed 3 Aug. 2020.

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