Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tower musket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: tow-er -mus-ket
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long firearm, notably the Brown Bess flintlock and the Pattern 1853 Enfield, inspected, produced, or marked by the Tower of London armory.

Example Sentences

"I also bought two tower muskets to satisfy my crew, who insisted on the necessity of being armed against attacks of pirates; and with spices and a few articles of food for the voyage nearly my last doit was expended."

Inflected Forms

Tower muskets (plural)

Questions

What does tower musket mean?: A long firearm, notably the Brown Bess flintlock and the Pattern 1853 Enfield, inspected, produced, or marked by the Tower of London armory.

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