Matchlock

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A gunlock in which powder is ignited by a match.
  • n. A musket having such a gunlock.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
  • n. The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The earliest form of musket-lock, constructed so as to be fired by means of a match in the form of a cord.
  • n. A musket furnished with a match-lock; a gun fired by means of a lighted match.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    musket   
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