Frizel

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock. historical

    "To this succeeded the Snaplance ^([sic]), in which a motion was given to the dog, or cock, and a movable plate of steel, called the frizel, or hammer, was placed vertically above the pan to receive the action of the flint."

Example

More examples

"To this succeeded the Snaplance ^([sic]), in which a motion was given to the dog, or cock, and a movable plate of steel, called the frizel, or hammer, was placed vertically above the pan to receive the action of the flint."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.