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n. A smoothbore shoulder gun used from the late 16th through the 18th century.

n. A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been superseded by the rifle.

n. The male of the sparrow hawk.

n. A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been completely superseded by the rifle, and is now only of historical interest.

n. In falconry, an inferior kind of hawk; a sparrow-hawk. See eyas-musket.

n. A hand-gun for soldiers, introduced in European armies in the sixteenth century: it succeeded the harquebus, and became in time the common arm of the infantry.

n. a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen

"A steel ramrod from a musket is a wild whipping thing, and Phil is right -- it kicks like a bronco."

muzzle-loader   

bastard musket   

musketoon   

blunderbuss    matchlock    fusil    culverin   

musketeer   

culverin    caliver    matchlock    musketoon   

rifle    cannon    carbine    revolver    shotgun    bayonet    firearm    artillery    sabre    blaster