musketry

noun mus·ket·ry \ ˈməs-kə-trē \

Definition of musketry

1 : muskets

2 : musketeers

3 a : musket fire

b : the art or science of using small arms especially in battle

First Known Use of musketry

1646

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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