matchlock

English

Etymology

match +‎ lock

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmatʃlɒk/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmætʃlɑk/

Noun

matchlock (plural matchlocks)

Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Dray Wara Yow Dee’, Black and White, Folio Society 2004, vol. 1, p. 372:
  I crept silently up the hill-road, but the fuse of my matchlock was wetted with the rain, and I could not slay Daoud Shah from afar.
The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.

Translations

firearm

Finnish: lunttupyssy

Ido: musketo (io), mechofusilo

gunlock

Finnish: lunttulukko

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