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Definition of Marksmanship
1. Noun. Skill in shooting.
Derivative terms: Marksman
Definition of Marksmanship
1. n. Skill of a marksman.
Definition of Marksmanship
1. Noun. The ability to shoot accurately at a target. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marksmanship
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marksmanship
Literary usage of Marksmanship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"... Pickett's famous division charges a rabbit — A shell from a monitor destroys
my log hut — Good marksmanship — An unexploded shell — General Lee inspects ..."
2. Forty Years an Advertising Agent, 1865-1905 by George Presbury Rowell (1906)
"presented it to the man at Pol Smith's, whose enthusiasm my marksmanship had so
wrought up the day before. At one place while waiting for the boats to come ..."
3. John Bull's Crime: Or, Assaults on Republics by Webster William Davis (1901)
"Boer marksmanship. British soldiers handicapped in marksmanship on account of
clearness of atmosphere, so unlike that of England, and unable therefore to ..."
4. Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee by Bromfield Lewis Ridley (1906)
"marksmanship IN THE ARMY. I want to ask old veterans about the best shots they
saw or heard in our great war. Let sharp-shooters, musketeers, cannoneers, ..."
5. The Measurement of Silent Reading by May Ayres Burgess (1921)
"marksmanship, A MEASURE OF QUALITY OF PRODUCT Quality, difficulty, and amount
are the three variables. One of them must always be measured; ..."
6. Arms and the Boy: Military Training in Schools and Colleges, Its Value in by Leigh Robinson Gignilliat (1916)
"marksmanship "There are few departments of the work of the league which are of
greater national importance than the instruction of the high-school boys in ..."
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