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Definition of matchlock in English: matchlocknoun ˈmatʃlɒkˈmætʃˌlɑk historical A type of gun with a lock in which a piece of wick or cord is placed for igniting the powder. as modifier matchlock guns Example sentencesExamples - His followers had matchlocks, spears, swords, bows and arrows.
- A simple lesson, but one a man might forget in a pinch: Their rifles are matchlocks.
- The matchlock is one of the very earliest forms of firearms.
- The discovery of gun powder by the Chinese lead to the development of the matchlock musket.
- The infantry of early modern Europe combined the fire of gunpowder weapons - first the arquebus and then the matchlock musket - and the shock of cold steel.
Definition of matchlock in US English: matchlocknounˈmætʃˌlɑkˈmaCHˌläk historical A type of gun with a lock in which a piece of wick or cord is placed for igniting the powder. as modifier matchlock guns Example sentencesExamples - The discovery of gun powder by the Chinese lead to the development of the matchlock musket.
- The matchlock is one of the very earliest forms of firearms.
- A simple lesson, but one a man might forget in a pinch: Their rifles are matchlocks.
- His followers had matchlocks, spears, swords, bows and arrows.
- The infantry of early modern Europe combined the fire of gunpowder weapons - first the arquebus and then the matchlock musket - and the shock of cold steel.
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