[DOC] [TLE] Bayonet - Wikipedia [PAR] A bayonet (from French baonnette) is a knife, sword, or spike-shaped weapon 
designed to fit in, on, over or underneath the muzzle of a rifle, musket or similar 
weapon, ... A possibility is that the bayonet originated as a hunting weapon: early 
firearms ... The bayonet had a round handle that slid directly into the musket 
barrel. [DOC] [TLE] Musket - Wikipedia [PAR] A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smoothbore firearm, fired from the shoulder. 
Muskets were ... The term "musket" is applied to a variety of weapons, including 
the long, ..... with the remaining paper shoved into the muzzle above the musket 
ball. ..... it would still form a tight fit with the barrel and impart a good spin into the 
round... [DOC] [TLE] Bayonet History - The Armoury [PAR] In the early 17th Century the matchlock musket was a cumbersome, slow loading 
weapon ... A sword or long knife was also carried as a secondary weapon. ... 
French army in the 1670's and afterwards came into general use throughout 
Europe. The standard form of the socket bayonet comprised a short steel tube 3-4 
inches... [DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF ARMS AND ARMOUR [PAR] The earliest incontrovertible evidence of artillery is a drawing of a crude form of 
.... the new weapon) a dagger is adapted for insertion into the barrel of a musket. 
... a bayonet handle which pushes into the muzzle, he devises a ring fitting which
... [DOC] [TLE] Bayonet [PAR] Bayonets provided a useful addition to the weapon-system when an enemy 
charging ... The bayonet had a round handle that fit directly into the musket barrel
. ... Soon "socket" bayonets offset the blade from the musket barrel's muzzle. ... 
bayonet with a knife-shaped blade (Russian, Romanian, Yugoslavian, early 
Chinese),... [DOC] [TLE] bayonet English definition/translation - seadict.com [PAR] C17 (denoting a kind of short dagger): from Fr. baonnette, from Bayonne, ... A 
blade adapted to fit the muzzle end of a rifle and used as a weapon in close 
combat. ... The earliest design, the plug bayonet, was inserted into the muzzle of 
a musket, .... Derived forms: bayonets, bayonetted, bayonetting, bayoneting, 
bayoneted. [DOC] [TLE] 7 Small Inventions that Led to Big Military Victories - History Collection [PAR] That innovation doesn't just take the form of large weapons of war, but also of 
smaller ... The knife served a range of roles in warfare, from all-purpose cutting ... 
The earliest bayonets fit into the muzzle of the musket, but adaptations soon... [DOC] [TLE] Pirate Weapons - Naval and pirate ships armament [PAR] Pirate website about pirate and naval weapons used mainly during the Golden 
Age of Piracy, ... Like the standard musket, it was considered a shoulder fired 
muzzle loaded weapon ... would often carry several pistols and various bladed 
weapons into battle. ... An early form of hand grenade that was in common use by 
1700. [DOC] [TLE] bayonet | weapon | Britannica.com [PAR] Short, sharp-edged, sometimes pointed weapon, designed for attachment to the 
... The Marchal de Puysgur described the earliest bayonets as having a 
straight, ... With minor alterations, Vauban's socket bayonet remained the basic 
form. ... This bayonet was slipped over the muzzle into a socket and did not have 
to be... [DOC] [TLE] The arms and weapons of the Alamo defenders [PAR] he arms and weapons of the Alamo defenders were wide and varied, ... The 
Jaeger rifle was brought to this country by early German settlers and improved ... 
musket, which after years of French occupation and colonization fell into ... 
Blunderbusses were used in the southwest in the form of pistols, carbines and 
swivel guns. [DOC] [TLE] Bayonet - Encyclopedia - Theodora [PAR] The origin of the word is disputed, but there is some authority for the ... steel 
dagger fixed in a wooden haft, which fitted into the muzzle of the musket - in ... A 
trial with badly-fitting socket or zigzag bayonets was made after the battle ...

Question: The earliest form of this weapon was a dagger that fit into the muzzle of a musket
Answer: Bayonet