powder flask
a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
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How to use powder flask in a sentence
This powder-flask was directed horizontally to a large stone, which Gilliatt made the hearth of the forge.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoI brought up the powder-flask, caps, and a couple of bullets.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury StephensHe put the shot-pouch and the powder-flask into their proper drawer.
The Calico Cat | Charles Miner ThompsonPowder-flask and pouch of tasty patterns; belt around the waist, with hunting-knife and pistols—revolvers.
The Hunters' Feast | Mayne ReidThe copper powder flask illustrated in Fig. 93 is now in the Hull Museum.
Chats on Household Curios | Fred W. Burgess
British Dictionary definitions for powder flask
a small flask or case formerly used to carry gunpowder
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