firelock

How to use firelock in a sentence

• One man of the 30th was the first; he limped along with his foot dangling from the ankle, supporting himself on his firelock.

  The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard Russell

• But every idler had his firelock close at hand, and all the time the sentinels on the bastions kept a sharp lookout.

  Four American Indians | Edson L. Whitney

• On the azotea on each side a sentry paced up and down with his firelock on his shoulder.

  Ponce de Leon | William Pilling

• His firelock had a large touch-hole, so that the powder could be shaken out into the pan, and the gun made to prime itself.

  A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I | Francis Parkman

• Tut, tell me of no storms; but direct me to her bed-chamber, my noble firelock of a flesh pistol.

  A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15) | Various