linstock

American

[lin-stok] / ˈlɪnˌstɒk /

noun

a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.

linstock British

/ ˈlɪnˌstɒk /

noun

a long staff holding a lighted match, formerly used to fire a cannon

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Etymology

Origin of linstock

1565–75; earlier lyntstock < Dutch lontstock match-stick, with lint replacing lont by association with the material commonly used as tinder

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Canninge ordered the demi-culverin shifted a few degrees to the left, then motioned for a linstock and lightly applied the burning end to the touch hole.

From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover

Mind you, Burke, don't come to far for'ard with your linstock.

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang

But as the first line of men broke into the courtyard, Brian fired the remaining three cannon as fast as he could touch linstock to powder.

From Nuala O'Malley by H. Bedford-Jones

He grinned and reached for a burning linstock.

From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover

The first thing he perceived was the linstock cut in two by a pair of shears.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by M?r J?kai

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