Thesaurus: flintlock

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1. n. A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.
2. n. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.
3. n. a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
4. n. an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge
5. 1. A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on stricking the steel ignites the priming. 2. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.
6. n:100 n. a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock n. an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge