"Tower musket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Tower muskets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Tower musket (plural Tower muskets)
  1. A long firearm, notably the Brown Bess flintlock and the Pattern 1853 Enfield, inspected, produced, or marked by the Tower of London armory.

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