jezail

jezail
noun /dʒəˈzʌɪl|/dʒəˈzeɪl/
An Afghan matchlock or flintlock musket fired from a forked rest.

There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery.


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