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Definition of Linstock
1. Noun. A stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons.
Definition of Linstock
1. n. A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.
Definition of Linstock
1. Noun. A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Linstock
1. a stick having one end divided to hold a match [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Linstock
Literary usage of Linstock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society by James Simpson, Richard Saul Ferguson, William Gershom Collingwood (1874)
"X—Supposed Roman Stations at linstock and Stanwix. By the Rev. Mr. Maughan, of
Bewcastle. ... The word linstock, is a word of precisely similar import to ..."
2. The Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland & Cumberland by Michael Waistell Taylor (1892)
"At an early date the parish of Crosby, and the lands of linstock were given to the
... The manor, or, as it was sometimes called, the Barony of linstock, ..."
3. Blasting: A Handbook for the Use of Engineers and Others Engaged in Mining by Oscar Guttmann (1906)
"The linstock is generally half a split reed, along which a paste of gunpowder
and water is smeared and afterwards dried; the rocket is a whole reed, ..."
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