musketry
/ˈmʌskɪtri/
noun
- The technique or practice of shooting with muskets or other military firearms.
- The soldiers trained in musketry every morning on the parade ground.
- Musketry was an essential skill for any infantryman in the 18th century.
- The officer criticized the unit's poor musketry during the drill.
- A body of soldiers armed with muskets, or the fire from such a group.
- The enemy's musketry rained down from the hilltop.
- The advancing troops were met by heavy musketry from the fort.
- A volley of musketry echoed across the valley.
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