Musquetry
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Obsolete form of musketry. alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
"That Yeſterday they made there a great Feaſt, and the Burghers divided into 4 Companies of Train’d Bands in their beſt Acoutrements, made divers Diſcharges of the Muſquetry upon the great Market-place, where the Burgomaſter Harangu’d and Thank’d them in the Name of the Council of State for the Bravery which they had ſhewn for the Service of King Charles III."
Example
More examples"That Yeſterday they made there a great Feaſt, and the Burghers divided into 4 Companies of Train’d Bands in their beſt Acoutrements, made divers Diſcharges of the Muſquetry upon the great Market-place, where the Burgomaſter Harangu’d and Thank’d them in the Name of the Council of State for the Bravery which they had ſhewn for the Service of King Charles III."
Etymology
From musquet + -ry.
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