musketry

/muhs-ki-tree/US // ˈmʌs kɪ tri //UK // (ˈmʌskɪtrɪ) //

火枪队,火枪兵,火枪射击,火枪手

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Military. the technique of bringing fire from a group of rifle and automatic weapons to bear on specified targets.
- : muskets collectively.
- : musketeers collectively.

Irregular spurts of musketry heralded the appearance of confused masses of armed men.
Her voice and the sound of her footsteps were alike drowned by a rattle of musketry from other parts of the ruin.
By 8.0 the musketry and the shelling began to slacken down although there was a good deal of desultory shooting.
No sooner had the pickets been thrown out, than the rattling of musketry commenced all along the line.
Cannon and musketry roared and rattled, not in volleys, but in one continual din.