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musket

noun
🔊/ˈmʌskɪt/
🔊/ˈmʌskɪt/
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  1. an early type of long gun that was used by soldiers in the past（旧时的）火枪，滑膛枪，毛瑟枪Topics War and conflictc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French mousquet, from Italian moschetto ‘crossbow bolt’, from mosca ‘a fly’.