Associations to the word «Flintlock»

Wiktionary

FLINTLOCK, noun. An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.

Dictionary definition

FLINTLOCK, noun. A muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock.
FLINTLOCK, noun. An obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope