Jezail
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dʒəˈzʌɪl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Jezail is a noun meaning (now chiefly historical) An Afghan matchlock or flintlock musket fired from a forked rest.
Meaning
(now chiefly historical) An Afghan matchlock or flintlock musket fired from a forked rest.
Example Sentences
There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery.
Those deadly, long-barrelled jezails, which once wrought such slaughter among the British redcoats, had as their modern counterparts the heat-seeking Stinger, which proved so lethal against Russian helicopter-gunships.
Word Forms
- jezails
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fusee, gaffle, snaphaan, flintlock, harquebus, doglock.
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