flintlock : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flintlock	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for flintlock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flintlock n a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock [syn: flintlock, firelock] an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flintlock \Flint"lock`\, n. 1. A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming. 2. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.