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gunlock
English
Etymology
gun +? lock
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???n?l?k/
- Hyphenation: gun?lock
Noun
gunlock (plural gunlocks)
- A mechanism fitted to a cannon that fires it when a cord is pulled.
Hypernyms
- lock
Translations
References
- gunlock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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matchlock
English
Etymology
match +? lock
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mat?l?k/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mæt?l?k/
Noun
matchlock (plural matchlocks)
- Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Dray Wara Yow Dee’, Black and White, Folio Society 2004, vol. 1, p. 372:
- I crept silently up the hill-road, but the fuse of my matchlock was wetted with the rain, and I could not slay Daoud Shah from afar.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Dray Wara Yow Dee’, Black and White, Folio Society 2004, vol. 1, p. 372:
- The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
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