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Flintlock
noun
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Noun
- 1 An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.
"But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window,[…]."
- 2 an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge wordnet
- 3 A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
- 4 a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock wordnet
Etymology
From flint + lock.
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