Musket (horse) — Musket* Sire Toxophilite Grandsire Longbow Dam West Australian mare (B. 1857) … Wikipedia
Musket Model 1777 — Musket Modèle 1777 Musket Modèle 1777 corrigé an IX (1800) Type Musket Place of origin … Wikipedia
Musket Island Marine Provincial Park — is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the west side of Nelson Island, at the mouth of Jervis Inlet and near Earl s Cove in the Sunshine Coast region. References Musket Island Marine Park . BC Geographical Names. http://apps … Wikipedia
Musket Cove Island Resort — (Малоло Лаилаи,Фиджи) Категория отеля: 4 звездочный отель Адрес: Malolo La … Каталог отелей
musket — [mus′kət] n. [MFr mosquet < It moschetto, musket, orig., fledged arrow < mosca, a fly < L musca: see MIDGE] a smoothbore, long barreled firearm, used esp. by infantry soldiers before the invention of the rifle … English World dictionary
Musket — Mus ket, n. [F. mousquet, It. moschetto, formerly, a kind of hawk; cf. OF. mousket, moschet, a kind of hawk falcon, F. mouchet, prop., a little fly (the hawk prob. being named from its size), fr. L. musca a fly. Cf. {Mosquito}.] [Sometimes… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
musket — (n.) firearm for infantry (later replaced by the rifle), 1580s, from M.Fr. mousquette, also the name of a kind of sparrow hawk, dim. of mosca a fly, from L. musca (see MIDGE (Cf. midge)). The hawk so called either for its size or because it looks … Etymology dictionary
musket — ► NOUN historical ▪ a light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth bored and fired from the shoulder. ORIGIN French mousquet, from Italian moschetto crossbow bolt … English terms dictionary
Musket — Muskets and bayonets aboard the frigate Grand Turk. A musket is a muzzle loaded, smooth bore long gun, fired from the shoulder. Muskets were designed for use by infantry. A soldier armed with a musket had the designation musketman or musketeer.… … Wikipedia
Musket Wars — The Musket Wars were a series of five hundred or more battles mainly fought between various hapū (subtribes a group of about 200 400 people), sometimes alliances of pan hapū groups and less often larger iwi (tribal groups) of Māori between 1807… … Wikipedia
Musket ball — A musket ball was an early form of ammunition used for loading muskets. Musket balls were generally made from lead (though at times stone musket balls were used), and were muzzle loaded into the barrel of the musket, wrapped in a loosely fitting… … Wikipedia
