musketry

[ muhs-ki-tree ]

/ ˈmʌs kɪ tri /

Military. the technique of bringing fire from a group of rifle and automatic weapons to bear on specified targets.

muskets collectively.

musketeers collectively.

Origin of musketry

From the French word mousqueterie, dating back to 1640–50. See musket, -ry

Cannon and musketry spread devastation everywhere—for the armies were but a few toises apart.

The History of Napoleon Buonaparte |John Gibson Lockhart
This movement, however, was met by a heavy fire of musketry on the boats, from the troops drawn up to oppose their landing.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 389, March 1848 |Various
When the foremost ranks had nearly reached the summit, a sudden silence stifled the musketry.

Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty |J. W. de Forest
The clamor and the rattle of musketry increased and drew nearer.

Louis Philippe |John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Breastworks had been thrown up, and the walls of houses loopholed for musketry.

Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860 |Various

musketry

/ (ˈmʌskɪtrɪ) /

muskets or musketeers collectively

the technique of using small arms