Firelock

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Firelock \Fire"lock`\, n.
     An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the
     priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a
     gun having such a lock.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  firelock
       n : a muzzle loader having a flintlock type of gunlock [syn: {flintlock}]