percussion cap

noun

a small metallic cap or cup containing fulminating powder, formerly exploded by percussion to fire the charge of small arms.

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Origin of percussion cap

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby percussion cap

percolation, percolator, percurrent, percuss, percussion, percussion cap, percussion flaking, percussion instrument, percussion lock, percussion tool, percussion welding

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Example sentences from the Web for percussion cap

The revolver of the Civil War was, of course, a percussion-cap weapon.
Rebel Raider|H. Beam Piper
He started running over, in his mind, the paratemporal areas in which gunpowder but not the percussion-cap was known.
Time Crime|H. Beam Piper
On so slight an incident—the defect of a percussion-cap—did the battle hinge.
The Dixie Book of Days|Matthew Page Andrews
First of all—above and beyond everything else in a boy's sight—was the voyageur's percussion-cap rifle.
Strange Stories of the Great Valley|Abbie Johnston Grosvenor

Then seizing one arm, he draws it across the opposite shoulder, until the joint cracks like a percussion-cap.
The Lands of the Saracen|Bayard Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for percussion cap

percussion cap

noun

a detonator consisting of a paper or thin metal cap containing material that explodes when struck and formerly used in certain firearms

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