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Definition of Flintlock
1. Noun. A muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock.
2. Noun. An obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge.
Definition of Flintlock
1. n. A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.
Definition of Flintlock
1. Noun. An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flintlock
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flintlock
Literary usage of Flintlock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Centennial History of Illinois by Illinois Centennial Commission, Clarence Walworth Alvord (1917)
"Two flintlock DUELING PISTOLS A BEAR TRAP. THE PISTOL WAS LOADED, THE BARBS PUSHED
TOGETHER AND BAITED WITH MEAT AND THE HANDLE FASTENED TO A TREE OR STAKK. ..."
2. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1893 by United States World's Columbian Commission. Committee on Awards (1901)
"Pocket pistol, smoothbore flintlock, cannon-shaped muzzle, caliber .45. ...
United States, flintlock, Springfield, 1836; altered for peculiar mainspring and ..."
3. Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity by Worcester Society of Antiquity (Mass, Worcester Society of Antiquity (Mass.) (1900)
"“The firelock or flintlock, more common than the expensive ... and an exact
description of our flintlock is given in this connection. ..."
4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"The firelock or flintlock, more common than the expensive wheel-lock, ... In the
flintlock the hummer or cover-plate to the flash-pan is knocked backwards ..."
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