Musket Ball (Noun)
Meaning
A solid projectile that is shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The musket ball whizzed past his ear, narrowly missing its target.
- The soldier carefully loaded the musket ball into the barrel of his gun.
- Historians have found musket balls at the site of the old battlefield.
- The doctor carefully extracted the musket ball from the wounded soldier's leg.
- The museum display case contained a collection of antique musket balls.