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Definition of Firelock
1. Noun. A muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock.
Definition of Firelock
1. 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.
Definition of Firelock
1. Noun. An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Firelock
1. a type of gun [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firelock
Literary usage of Firelock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand Book for Infantry: Containing the First Principles of Military by William Duane (1814)
"Strike the firelock with the palm of the left hand on the sling or ramrod, the
cock on a level with the nipple of the left breast. 3. ..."
2. A Review of the History of Infantry by Ernest Marsh Lloyd (1908)
"VI THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY : I IN the course of the seventeenth century the firelock
was gradually superseding the matchlock as an infantry weapon. ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The body of the soldier being in this position, the firelock is to be placed in
his left hand, against the shoulder; his wrist to be a little turned out, ..."
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