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单词 dog lock
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dog lock
dog lock n. Firearms (now historical) an early type of flintlock, usually of English manufacture, having an external safety in the form of a pivoted hook which engages a notch in the rear, underside, or breast of the cock; (also) a gun fitted with this type of lock.
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1753 D. Henry Hist. Descr. Tower of London 37 Some arms..are distinguished..by having what they call Dog-locks, which Kind of Locks have a Ketch to secure them from going off at Half-cock.
1773 R. Greene Descriptive Catal. Rarities 33 A Pistol with a Dog Lock.
1859 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. 3 No. 11. 311 The reign of James II. may fairly be considered as the commencement of adopted flints, connected with which system is the doglock catch at the back of the cock.
1956 H. L. Peterson Arms & Armor in Colonial Amer. i. i. 32 Two of the remaining guns of the Plymouth colonists are dog locks.
2003 J. Kinard Pistols ii. 16 The English lock appeared in the first quarter of the seventeenth century and was quickly followed by its close relative, the dog lock.
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