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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
Douglas MacArthur

Meaning of "musketry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MUSKETRY

musketry  [ˈmʌskɪtrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUSKETRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Musketry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUSKETRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

musketry

Musket

A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smoothbore firearm, fired from the shoulder. Muskets were designed for use by infantry. A soldier armed with a musket had the designation musketman or musketeer. The musket replaced the arquebus, and was in turn replaced by the rifle. The term "musket" is applied to a variety of weapons, including the long, heavy guns with matchlock, wheel lock or flint lock and loose powder fired with the gun barrel resting on a stand, and also lighter weapons with Snaphance, flintlock, or caplock and bullets using a stabilizing spin, affixed with a bayonet. 16th-century troops armed with a heavy version of the arquebus called a musket were specialists supporting the arquebusiers and pikemen formations. By the start of the 18th century, a lighter version of the musket had edged out the arquebus, and the addition of the bayonet edged out the pike, and almost all infantry became musketeers. In the 18th century, improvements in ammunition and firing methods allowed rifling to be practical for military use, and the term "rifled gun" gave way to "rifle".

Definition of musketry in the English dictionary

The definition of musketry in the dictionary is muskets or musketeers collectively. Other definition of musketry is the technique of using small arms.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUSKETRY


asymmetry
æˈsɪmɪtrɪ
basketry
ˈbɑːskɪtrɪ
cabinetry
ˈkæbɪnɪtrɪ
cemetery
ˈsɛmɪtrɪ
circuitry
ˈsɜːkɪtrɪ
coquetry
ˈkəʊkɪtrɪ
cytometry
saɪˈtɒmɪtrɪ
geometry
dʒɪˈɒmɪtrɪ
marqueterie
ˈmɑːkɪtrɪ
marquetry
ˈmɑːkɪtrɪ
optometry
ɒpˈtɒmɪtrɪ
parquetry
ˈpɑːkɪtrɪ
poetry
ˈpəʊɪtrɪ
racketry
ˈrækɪtrɪ
rocketry
ˈrɒkɪtrɪ
spectrometry
spɛkˈtrɒmɪtrɪ
symmetry
ˈsɪmɪtrɪ
telemetry
tɪˈlɛmɪtrɪ
trigonometry
ˌtrɪɡəˈnɒmɪtrɪ
trinketry
ˈtrɪŋkɪtrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUSKETRY

musk orchid
musk ox
musk rose
musk thistle
musk turtle
muskeg
muskellunge
musket
musketeer
musketoon
Muskhogean
muskie
muskier
muskiest
muskily
muskiness
muskmelon
Muskogean
muskone
muskrat

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUSKETRY

altimetry
anthropometry
astrometry
audiometry
biometry
calorimetry
concrete poetry
coordinate geometry
corsetry
isometry
morphometry
psychometry
puppetry
retry
spectrophotometry
stoichiometry
supersymmetry
variable-geometry
velocimetry
viscometry

Synonyms and antonyms of musketry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «musketry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUSKETRY

Find out the translation of musketry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of musketry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «musketry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

枪械
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fusilería
570 millions of speakers

English

musketry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बंदूक़ चलाने की कला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

musketry
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Мушкетеры
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

musketry
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্দুকচালনাশিক্ষা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Musketry
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Musketen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マスケット銃
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

musketry
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Musketry
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

loại súng trường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

musketry
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंदुकधारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tüfek atışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fucileria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

muszkietów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Мушкетери
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

muschete
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τουφεκιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skietkuns
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

musketry
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

musketry
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of musketry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSKETRY»

The term «musketry» is regularly used and occupies the 86.879 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSKETRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «musketry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «musketry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about musketry

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QUOTES WITH «MUSKETRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word musketry.
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Douglas MacArthur
In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUSKETRY»

Discover the use of musketry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to musketry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Musketry...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
E John Solano, 2012
2
Musketry and Rifle Platoon Training...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Infantry School (U S ), 2012
3
Manual of Musketry Instruction ... New and revised edition
THEY are to make themselves acquainted with the Duties of Musketry Regulations, and to give their personal superin- ,Cmmand' tendence to the drill and practice of companies under mg Omws' instruction. 2. To assemble the officers at least ...
Aubrey William Ogilvie SAUNDERS, 1863
4
Questions on the Instruction of Musketry and the Hythe Papers
DUTIES,. INSTRUGTORS,. &c. 1. Under whose responsibility is the rifle training in every battalion placed? 2. Is the rifle instruction of a soldier considered to be as important as some of his other duties? _ 3. In what manner is the commanding ...
Elphinstone Waters BEGBIE, 1862
5
Manual of Bayonet Exercises and Musketry Fencing...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Herschel Tupes, Sylvester Poole, 2012
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School of Musketry Library, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. List of ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Fort Sill O States School of Musketry, 2009
7
Sequence of Musketry Training, 1917.
This 1917 manual of musketry training is designed to instruct all infantry ranks in the use and care of their rifles, even under the gruelling battle conditions of the western front in the fourth year of the Great War.
The General Staff, 2009
8
Instruction of Musketry 1856
Published in 1857, at the time of the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, this is the official manual on musketry training and tactics used in British infantry units.
Adjutant-General's Office Horse Guards, 2009
9
Rhetoric in Martial Deliberations and Decision Making: Cases ...
In July 1935, for a speech at a reunion of Forty-second Rainbow Division veterans from World War I, MacArthur lauded their "strength, aspirations, struggles, triumphs" amid "the crash of guns" and "the ratde of musketry." Speaking in July 1961 ...
Ronald H. Carpenter, 2004
10
Douglas MacArthur: Warrior as Wordsmith
In a salient example from his speech to Rainbow Division veterans, when lauding with asyndeton their "strength, aspirations, struggles, triumphs" amid "the crash of guns," MacArthur adds "the rattle of musketry." On the Western Front in 1918, ...
Bernard K. Duffy, Ronald H. Carpenter, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUSKETRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term musketry is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dunluce Castle set to host 'Festival of Archaelogy'
Medieval music, musketry and cannon displays will add to the atmosphere as well as a chance to meet the blacksmith and infamous ... «Ballymoney and Moyle Times, Jul 15»
2
Desertion: A Long, Proud History
... a soldier who had volunteered to clear mine fields, was executed by musketry on January 31, 1945 at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in France. «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
3
Oxford's Olden Days: Confederate Monuments: Downtown and on …
The roar of the cannon and musketry and the movements of the two armies were real exciting to the spectators. After a considerable battle in ... «HottyToddy.com, Jul 15»
4
Civil War memories on a pin
Swimming their horses across the bayou, the Union soldiers faced an enemy force of 300 to 500 men supplying a heavy volley of musketry from ... «Sidney Daily News, Jul 15»
5
Dunluce Castle set to be part of Festival of Archaeology later this …
On Saturday, July 25, there will be medieval music, musketry and cannon displays as well as a chance to meet the blacksmith and infamous ... «Belfast Live, Jul 15»
6
From a lockout to a rising...
A fierce gun battle took place at Annesley Bridge and continued down nearby streets, as British troops marching from the Musketry school at ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
7
Battlefield to commemorate First Battle of Manassas
Musketry and artillery firing demonstrations will also be conducted at noon and 2 p.m.. At 7 p.m. there will be a special 60-minute talk in the ... «Inside NoVA, Jul 15»
8
Board unveiled
... Park, records the existence of a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) hospital and the School of Musketry on Hayling seafront during the war. «Hayling Islander, Jul 15»
9
Town Square: We should stand united behind one flag
Finally, the musketry; still they came on, into hand-to-hand combat across that knee-high stone wall. Brig. Gen. Lewis Armistead put his hand on ... «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»
10
The Return of High School Shooting Sports
Competitive musketry dates to 16th century England and has been an Olympic sport since 1896. Today trap, a cousin of skeet and sporting ... «PJ Media, Jul 15»

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