| 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. |
| Noun | 1. | flintlock - a muzzle loader having a flintlock type of gunlock Synonyms: firelock |
| 2. | flintlock - a gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge |
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