Definition of "musketoon" []

• A firearm, similar to a musket but with a shorter barrel. (noun)
• One who is armed with such a musket. (noun)

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• "Blunderbuss: This is a heavy musket with a bell-shaped barrel, also referred to as a musketoon."
• "At the distance of about thirty yards he halted and stood fast, raised himself on his stirrups, as if to reconnoitre and ascertain the purpose of the opposite party, and brought his musketoon under his right arm, ready for use, if occasion should require it."
• "The women were then taken in one direction, and the men, among whom of course was Rashleigh, were ordered to follow a turnkey in another, through a long and gloomy passage, which displayed at intervals festoons of fetters of all shapes and sizes, handcuffs, fire-arms of every kind and capacity, from the bell-mouthed musketoon with bore as wide as a teacup to the pocket pistol, carrying a bullet not much bigger than a pea."