| 单词 | snaphaunce |
| 释义 | snaphaunce /snap"hans, -hahns/, n. an early flintlock mechanism for igniting a charge of gunpowder in a gun. [1580-90; < D snaphaan (or G Schnapphahn) orig., highwayman, equiv. to snap(pen) to snatch, SNAP + haan rooster (D haan, G Hahn, parallel to COCK1, mean both "rooster" and "hammer of a firearm"); source of final s unclear] |
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