Carbine: alternatives and connections

A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.

A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was use…

A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offens…

A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.

One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements.

A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.

A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from…

A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance.

A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a n…

That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color fr…

Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.

A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.

A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers.

A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direc…

One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a h…

Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.