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# musket

«musket» in Mova's school dictionary: **an old kind of long gun, loaded through the front of the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural muskets)

### meaning for a pupil

A musket is an old kind of long gun, loaded through the front of the barrel, used by soldiers and hunters long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musket/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories and history, a gun carried by soldiers, hunters or guards

### examples

- The men came armed with knives and muskets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musket/#x1)
- The musket went off with a bang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musket/#x2)
- Buldeo carried the Tower musket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musket/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «musket» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musket/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.