What is the meaning of Flintlock?

  • (n.) A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.
  • (n.) A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; especially, the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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