pin-fire
/ˈpɪnfʌɪə/Now historical
adjective
Designating a form of cartridge for a breech-loading gun, fired by a pin thrust by the hammer of the lock into the fulminate.
- The cartridge was invented in 1836 by Paris gunsmith C. Lefaucheux..
noun
A pin-fire cartridge or gun.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Scientific American. From pin + fire.
- house rent party
- house-ridden
- houseroom
- house row
- house rule
- house sale
- house sand
- house seat
- houseshare
- housesharer
- housesharing
- house shrew
- house-sit
- house-sitter
- house-size
- house-sized
- housesmith
- house snail
- house snake
- Houses of Parliament
- house sparrow
- house speciality
- house specialty
- house spider
- house sport