Английский Этимологический словарь - musket
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Musket
musket
- c.1587, from M.Fr. mousquette, originally a kind of hawk, dim. of mosca "a fly," from L. musca. In M.E., the word was used first for "sparrow hawk." Early firearms were often given names of beasts (cf. dragoon). The hawk so called either for its size or because it looks speckled when in flight. Musketeer is 1590, from Fr. mousquetaire, from mousquette.
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(muskets) A musket was an early type of gun with a long barrel, which was used before rifles were invented. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle French mousquet, from Old Italian moschetto small artillery piece, sparrow hawk, from diminutive of mosca fly, from Latin musca — more at midge Date: circa 1587 a heavy large-caliber muzzle-loading usually smoothbore shoulder firearm; broadly a shoulder gun carried by infantry ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. hist. an infantryman's (esp. smooth-bored) light gun, often supported on the shoulder. Phrases and idioms musket-shot 1 a shot fired from a musket. 2 the range of this shot. Etymology: F mousquet f. It. moschetto crossbow bolt f. mosca fly ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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