flintlock
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- noun
- /ˈflɪntˌlɒk/
- Archaic
:
pistola de chispa
- Henry fingered his flintlock and held it across his chest like a shield.
- flintlock rifle
- flintlock pistol
- flintlock musket
Because I, I'm trying to think, I don't know if I've ever fired a flintlock.
- Because I, I'm trying to think, I don't know if I've ever fired a flintlock.
Examples
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Silas' flintlock rifle, his possibles bag, powder horns, tomahawks, and extra knives in beautiful quilled scabbards lay on a platform.
Fiction book (1994) -
The blunderbuss is a flintlock shotgun, noted for its wide mouth and commonly associated with pirates.
Academic text (2016) -
"Looks like Handsome Johnny, with his flintlock in his hand..."
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The heat of battle, the smell of the flintlock, this is where men are forged.
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And we managed to salvage these... old flintlock muskets.
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Although the introduction of the flintlock brought some improvements, firearms remained inefficient and frequently failed in action.
Academic text (2005) -
A moment later, Patch rode up, his flintlock laid across his pommel.
Fiction book (1994) -
Henry busied himself cleaning his flintlock, blowing dirt out of the priming pan and filling it with powder.
Fiction book (2002) -
A matched pair of antique flintlock dueling pistols lay inside the box, snugly cushioned in compartments covered with green baize.
Fiction book (1999) -
During the 18th century, many soldiers carried a flintlock as their primary firearm.
Synonyms
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An old gun loaded from the front and fired by a piece of flint
A part of a gun that makes the gunpowder burn to fire a shot
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flintlock comes from two simple parts: flint, a hard stone used to make a 'spark' to start a fire, and lock, meaning the gun's firing 'device'. So a flintlock is a gun that fires when a piece of flint makes a 'spark' in the lock.