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US /dʒəˈzeɪl/ UK /dʒəˈzʌɪl/
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Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a long-barreled Afghan matchlock or flintlock musket, often fired from a forked rest

    A jezail bullet struck the stone beside the patrol.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a long-barreled afghan... Afghan musket
Word family
Related forms matchlockflintlockmusket

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian jazā'il, a term for a long firearm, through the vocabulary of Afghanistan and the northwestern Indian subcontinent. English military writing adopted the name for the long, often ornate Afghan musket.

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