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flintlock
noun as in gun
Example Sentences
In 1990, Predator 2 set a Predator upon Los Angeles, and introduced more of the creature’s mythology—including a detail that it possesses an 18th Century Flintlock pistol as a trophy.
The most welcome capture was the arms, for many of his men were armed with flintlock muskets.
They were armed defensively with a shield, and offensively with a curved sword, and a flintlock musket slung at the saddle-bow.
The boy followed, and then the master took his seat in the stern, with his flintlock fowling piece within reach.
Flintlock rifles were the usual arm, though here and there a man had a Cramer.
Some genius in the machine shop altered a matchlock musket to flintlock and showed the local gunsmiths how to do it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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