MOUSQUETAIRE

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A musketeer, esp. one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, conspicuous both for their daring and their fine dress.

2.
n.

A mosquetaire cuff or glove, or other article of dress fancied to resemble those worn by the French mosquetaires.