flintlock
IPA: fɫˈɪntɫɑk
noun
- An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.
- A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
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Examples of "flintlock" in Sentences
- From the three principal parts of a flintlock.
- She then kills the player with a flintlock pistol.
- A gunlock was a flintlock mechanism that fired a cannon.
- This weapon combined a flintlock pistol with a battleaxe.
- Flintlock is a young man who was always eager for action.
- A 'gunlock' was a flintlock mechanism that fired a cannon.
- But the adoption of the flintlock was not initially universal.
- The ramrod was used with muskets, including the flintlock and caplock.
- The wheellock action, a successor to the matchlock, predated the flintlock.
- Flintlock is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism.
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