firelock

noun

Definition of firelocknext
as in musket

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  1. musket
  2. matchlock
  3. flintlock
  4. shotgun
  5. blunderbuss
  6. firearm
  7. pistol
Noun
  • Should that musket misfire, don’t look for the cleric.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The town's population grew in the 1820s as a result of the lead mining boom, where the mine became one of the most productive in the region, manufacturing the musket balls used in the Civil War, according to the city's website.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of musket
Noun
  • First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.
    Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2018
Definition of matchlock
Noun
  • My first rifle had been a flintlock that had been given to me by an old friend, Ed Wesson, the gunsmith.
    Outdoor Life, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?
    Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
Definition of flintlock
Noun
  • In the early morning hours of March 5, 2014, Derek stood outside in the snow near the garage and shot himself in the face with a 10-gauge shotgun.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2024
  • In the summer of 1989, Erik and Lyle Menendez burst into the den of their family’s Beverly Hills home armed with shotguns and opened fire, killing their mother and father.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of shotgun
Noun
  • Colman is Edith Swan, a middle-aged church lady who still lives with her blunderbuss of a father (Timothy Spall) and mild-mannered mother (Gemma Jones) in a working-class neighborhood of Littlehampton.
    Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The State Department, in its blunderbuss way, wanted to open up a kind of détente with the citizens of Communist Eastern Europe.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
Definition of blunderbuss
Noun
  • The screening finally took place this week just over three years after the film’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when a firearm held by lead actor Baldwin discharged during an on-set rehearsal.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
  • These firearms are responsible for 90% of homicides in some of the region's most vulnerable nations.
    Sarah Metz, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of firearm
Noun
  • At the time of its invention over 80 years ago, the PPK inspired an entirely new category in the firearm industry, now widely known as the concealed carry pistol.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Barrow was found guilty of assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a pistol, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of pistol
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