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musketry

musketry

1 9.9
Soldiers with muskets firing together as a unit
  • noun
  • /ˈmʌskɪtri/
  • Archaic
translation icon : mosqueteros
  • In the distance, the musketry rippled on the spring air.
  • a volley of musketry
  • musketry fire
  • the rattle of musketry

Examples

  • Once more the wave of horsemen shatters and French musketry and bayonets.

  • The wave of horsemen shatters, and French musketry and bayonets.

  • A terrific roar filled the air as each side cut loose with long, rolling volleys of thunderous musketry.

    Blog text (3)

  • The Austrians take heavy casualties from flanking musketry fire, fall back, and establish hasty defenses.

    Academic text (1999)

  • As the soldiers advanced, they were met with a daunting wall of musketry from the entrenched enemy positions.

  • The sound of musketry echoed through the valley as the skirmish intensified between the two forces.

  • In the heat of battle, the commander ordered his men to return fire with a rapid volley of musketry.

Synonyms

troops
vsmusketry
∞ 2.0

Soldiers who work together as a group in an army

refer to a specific collective armed with a particular long firearm
troop
vsmusketry
98 3.2

A group of soldiers organized to fight or carry out military tasks

refers to a larger collective armed with a particular long firearm
soldiery
vsmusketry
1 8.5

A group of soldiers who serve together in the army

is specific to those armed with a particular long firearm rather than all soldiers

How Many

musketry
  • Archaic
1 9.9
company
329 2.4
squad
702 2.4
musketeer
  • Archaic
81 9.0

Surface Forms

musketry singular
musketries plural

Morphology

musketry = musket (transparent) = musket + ry

Here the suffix '-ry' conveys a collective or group sense (musketeers or their muskets), a standard and inferable use of '-ry'.

Etymology

Musketry comes from musket plus -ry, and this -ry can also mean 'a group or collection', like cutlery for knives and forks. So musketry can mean the muskets and the soldiers who use them seen together as a group.