flintlock

2 definitions found

flintlock - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Flintlock \Flint"lock`\, n.
     1. A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the
        hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the
        old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.
        [1913 Webster]

flintlock - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  flintlock
      n 1: a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock [syn:
           flintlock, firelock]
      2: an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer;
         the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge