Flintlock

2 definitions found

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

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the


        old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flintlock
       n 1: a muzzle loader having a flintlock type of gunlock [syn: {firelock}]
       2: a gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint
          makes a spark that ignites the charge