flintlock - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'flintlock' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Flintlock

[ n.]

- A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.
- A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.

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