flintlock

English

Etymology

From flint +‎ lock.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈflɪntˌlɒk/
• Hyphenation: flint‧lock

Noun

flintlock (plural flintlocks)

1. An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.
   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window, […].

2. A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.

Derived terms

• flintlock mechanism

 

Translations

firearm

• Bulgarian: кремъклийка (bg) f (kremǎklijka)
• Burmese: ကျောက်မီး (my) (kyaukmi:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燧發槍／燧发枪 (suìfāqiāng)

• Danish: flintlås c
• Dutch: snaphaan (nl) m
• Esperanto: blunderbuzo, silikpafilo
• Finnish: piilukko (fi)
• German: Steinschlossgewehr (de) n
• Hindi: चकमकी (cakamkī)
• Macedonian: кременарка f (kremenarka), кременачка f (kremenačka)
• Malay: senapang batu
• Portuguese: arma de pederneira f
• Romanian: flintă (ro) f
• Russian: кремнёвка (ru) f (kremnjóvka)
• Welsh: gwn carreg fflint m

type of lock

• German: Steinschloss (de) n
• Swedish: flintlås n

Further reading

• flintlock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• flintlock mechanism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia