mousqueton
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mus.kə.tɔ̃/
Etymology 1
From mousquet + -on.
Noun
mousqueton m (plural mousquetons)
- (historical) musketoon
Etymology 2
Shortened from porte-mousqueton.
Noun
mousqueton m (plural mousquetons)
- carabiner (metal link with a gate)
Derived terms
- mousquetonner
Further reading
- “mousqueton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.