What is another word for musketry?

Pronunciation: [mˈʌskɪtɹi] (IPA)

Musketry is a word that typically refers to the use of firearms by a military unit or group. However, there are a few alternative words that can be used in place of musketry in certain instances. One option is the term marksmanship, which specifically refers to the skill of using firearms accurately. Another synonym is shooting, which can also be used to describe the act of firing a gun. Gunplay is another word that can be used, but it may have a more playful or casual connotation. Lastly, firearm use can also be referred to as shooting range practice, as it is often done at a designated range.

What are the hypernyms for Musketry?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Musketry?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the meronyms for Musketry?

Meronyms are words that refer to a part of something, where the whole is denoted by another word.
  • meronyms for musketry (as nouns)

Usage examples for Musketry

Marion invested Fort Watson, at Scott's lake, without any other means of annoyance than musketry.
"A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion"
William Dobein James
"In my case, if not in yours, it might be followed quickly by an order for a file of soldiers and a volley of musketry.
"Ahead of the Army"
W. O. Stoddard
In a few moments there were several sharp cracks, all on the starboard side, like a snapping of musketry, and I felt the schooner very faintly heave, but this might have been a deception of the senses, for though I set a star against the masthead and watched it, there was no movement.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell

Famous quotes with Musketry

  • In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
    Douglas MacArthur
  • James Burford, collier and fitter, was the oldest soldier of all. When I first spoke to him in the trenches, he said: "Excuse me, sir, will you explain what this here arrangement is on the side of my rifle?" "That's the safety catch. Didn't you do a musketry-course at the depôt?" "No, sir, I was a re-enlisted man, and I spent only a fortnight there. The old Lee-Metford didn't have no safety-catch." I asked him when he had last fired a rifle. "In Egypt in 1882," he said. "Weren't you in the South African War?" "I tried to re-enlist, but they told me I was too old, sir... My real age is sixty-three."
    Robert Graves

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