wheellock

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English[edit]

A wheellock pistol.
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Etymology[edit]

wheel +‎ lock

Noun[edit]

wheellock (plural wheellocks)

  1. (historical, firearms) An early type of firearm, using a spring-driven wheel against a flint to make sparks in the firing pan.