flintlockn.
/ˈflɪntlɒk/, U.S. /ˈflɪntˌlɑk/ a. A gun-lock in which a flint, screwed to the cock, is struck against the hammer and produces sparks which ignite the priming in the flash-pan. Also attributive, as flintlock gun, flintlock musket.
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firelock1544
snap-work1568
rewet1572
snaphance1588
French lock1641
wheel-lock1670
flintlock1683
matchlock1688
percussion gun-lock1808
percussion lock1819
rebounder1871
rebounding lock1871
miquelet1926
1683 J. Turner Pallas Armata 176 It were there~fore good, that for the half of the Muskets (if not for them all) flint-locks were made.
1887 Whitaker's Almanack 541 The old flint-lock musket became famous in the Peninsular War under the name of ‘Brown Bess’.
b. A gun fitted with this lock.
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hammer-gun1645
percussion1807
detonating gun1814
detonator1822
flintlock1833
flint-gun1837
needle-gun1850
pin-fire1867
rimfire1889
miquelet1926
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 89 The soldiers of that duchy [Brunswick] first obtained, in 1687, flint-locks, instead of matchlocks.
Derivatives
flintlocked adj. fitted with a flintlock.
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flintless1810
rimfire1867
hammerless1875
front-action1881
flintlocked1885
1885 Cent. Mag. 29 684 The long flint-locked rifle.
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