Hypertext Webster Gateway: "firelock"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Firelock \Fire"lock`\, n.
An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the
priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a
gun having such a lock.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
firelock
n : a muzzle loader having a flintlock type of gunlock [syn: {flintlock}]
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