Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Firelock
Fire′lock′, 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Fire′lock′, 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.