musketry

English

Alternative forms

• musquetry (obsolete)

Etymology

musket +‎ -ry

Noun

musketry (countable and uncountable, plural musketries)

1. The technique of using small arms such as muskets.
2. A collection of muskets or musketeers.
3. Musket fire.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 251–252:

     A heavy trampling of steps—clashing as if of swords—several rounds of musketry—screams—shouts—rose in the direction of the court.