MATCHLOCK


Meaning of MATCHLOCK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌläk ]

noun

Date: circa 1637

1. : a musket equipped with a matchlock

2. : a slow-burning match lowered over a hole in the breech of a musket to ignite the charge

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.