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Noun
flintlock (plural flintlocks)
- 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, […].1
- A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
Etymology
From flint + lock.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈflɪntˌlɒk/
- Hyphenation: flint‧lock
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Link to original Footnotes
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC: ↩
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