flint·lock /ˈflɪntˌlɑk/
燧石發火裝置,燧發槍
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.
2. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.
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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