flintlock

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.
2. noun A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.

Similar words

firelock flintlock mechanism flint frizzen gunflint matchlock snaplock flashpan steel flash pan

Often followed by

muskets musket and pistol rifle pistols rifles guns gun

Word family

flintlocks