musket ball

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musket ball

noun musket balls

historical A spherical projectile suitable for firing from a musket. Archaeologists excavating the site of Coleshill Manor in Warwickshire have uncovered the foundations of a medieval gatehouse, on which are around 200 marks and indentations from pistol and musket balls. A further 40 musket balls were removed from nearby soil, where the moat would have been located.

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@misc{musket_ball_2026,
  title = {musket ball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/musket%20ball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}