D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Matchlock

/măch'-läkˌ/ · Match·lock · IPA /ˈmæt͡ʃlɑk/
01 n. An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
  1. 1.
    An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.