firelock

noun

Definition of firelocknext
as in musket

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  1. musket
  2. matchlock
  3. flintlock
  4. shotgun
  5. blunderbuss
  6. firearm
  7. pistol
Noun
  • Should that musket misfire, don’t look for the cleric.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The town's population grew in the 1820s as a result of the lead mining boom, where the mine became one of the most productive in the region, manufacturing the musket balls used in the Civil War, according to the city's website.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of musket
Noun
  • First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.
    Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2018
Definition of matchlock
Noun
  • My first rifle had been a flintlock that had been given to me by an old friend, Ed Wesson, the gunsmith.
    Outdoor Life, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?
    Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
Definition of flintlock
Noun
  • On back-to-back plays, though, Jordan Love fumbled shotgun snaps.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Then there is the twin shotgun blast of this month’s Terrifier 3 and Smile 2.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of shotgun
Noun
  • Colman is Edith Swan, a middle-aged church lady who still lives with her blunderbuss of a father (Timothy Spall) and mild-mannered mother (Gemma Jones) in a working-class neighborhood of Littlehampton.
    Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The State Department, in its blunderbuss way, wanted to open up a kind of détente with the citizens of Communist Eastern Europe.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
Definition of blunderbuss
Noun
  • The gun used by the man was found at his feet, and it was later revealed to be a replica firearm, Reeson said.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Park's deer season near A permit-only alternative firearms deer season, formerly muzzle-loader season, is set for Nov. 22-25 at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area.
    Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of firearm
Noun
  • Former Indiana State Police Firearm Examiner Melissa Oberg testified the .40 caliber round found between the bodies matched a pistol seized from Allen’s home, according to CNN affiliate WTHR.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Turner was also convicted of four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence and carrying a pistol without a license.
    Emily Palmer, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of pistol
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