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matchlock

noun match·lock \-ˌläk\

Definition of MATCHLOCK

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
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First Known Use of MATCHLOCK

circa 1637

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