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matchlock (encz) | matchlock,doutnákový zámek Zdeněk Brož |
Matchlock (gcide) | Matchlock \Match"lock`\, n.
An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the
priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
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matchlock (wn) | matchlock
n 1: an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be
lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge |
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arquebus with matchlock (gcide) | Harquebus \Har"que*bus\ Harquebuse \Har"que*buse\
(h[aum]r"kw[-e]*b[u^]s), n. [See Arquebus.]
A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in
the second half of the 15th century. The barrel was about
forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently
called arquebus with matchlock.
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Matchlock (gcide) | Matchlock \Match"lock`\, n.
An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the
priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
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