Meaning & use
muskets
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long-barreled shoulder firearms, loaded from the muzzle, that were standard infantry weapons before the invention of rifles.
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Soldiers in the eighteenth century marched into battle carrying muskets and bayonets.
The museum displays a row of antique muskets used during the revolutionary war.
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Muskets were largely replaced by rifles in the nineteenth century, which had grooved barrels for greater accuracy.
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