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Definition of Flintlocks

Flintlock
Flintlock Flint"lock`, n. 1. A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming. 2. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.

Meaning of Flintlocks from wikipedia

- a dangerous fire hazard. Such men armed with these flintlocks were called "fusiliers" as flintlocks were then called "fusils" from the French word for...
- mines, or foug****es, were detonated by flintlocks. Flintlocks were also used to launch Congreve rockets. A flintlock tinder lighter, or tinder pistol, was...
- Look up flintlock in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A flintlock is a kind of a firearm. Flintlock may also refer to: Flintlock, a Joint Combined Exchange...
- Operation Flintlock may refer to: Operation Flintlock (nuclear test), a nuclear test series on the Nevada Test Site Operation Flintlock (World War II)...
- looking for buyers for superposed load flintlocks in England. Belton then began making superposed load flintlocks, which used a sliding lock mechanism,...
- Flintlock were a 1970s pop group from Es****, England. Its members were Derek Pascoe (vocals/saxophone), Mike Holoway (drums/percussion), Jamie Stone (b****/vocals)...
- Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is an action role-playing video game developed by A44 Games and published by Kepler Interactive. The game was released for...
- ISBN 1-58566-103-1, Appendix A, page 469. Flintlocks at GlobalSecurity retrieved on March 14, 2007. Flintlocks at GlobalSecurity retrieved on March 14,...
- The Harper's Ferry Model 1805 U.S. martial flintlock pistol manufactured at the Harpers Ferry Armory in Virginia (now West Virginia) was the first pistol...
- Elisha Haydon Collier (1788–1856) of Boston, M****achusetts, invented a flintlock revolver around 1814. His weapon is one of the earliest true revolvers...