matchlock

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
2. noun The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match.

Similar words

firelock flintlock doglock snaplock slow match flintlock mechanism gunlock boxlock linstock fusee

Often followed by

men gun and musket muskets guns was in fire

Word family

matchlocks