firelock

2 definitions found

firelock - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Firelock \Fire"lock`\, n.
     An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the
     priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a
     gun having such a lock.
     [1913 Webster]

firelock - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  firelock
      n 1: a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock [syn:
           flintlock, firelock]