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 Definitions of firelock  [ˈfaɪərˌlɒk]  

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Definition of 'firelock' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) firelock
a gun having a lock in which the priming is ignited by sparks struck from flint and steel, as the flintlock musket.


Definition of 'firelock' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) flintlock, firelock
a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock


Definition of 'firelock' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) firelock
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



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