1. a type of long gun with a smooth bore that was used by soldiers in past centuries
Usage: historical

Examples

• The colonial soldiers carried muskets into battle.
• Loading a musket required gunpowder, a ball, and wadding.
• The museum displayed several Civil War era muskets.
• Muskets were less accurate than modern rifles.
• Revolutionary War reenactors fired their muskets in formation.
• The musket ball lodged in the wooden fence post.