firelockn.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪəlɒk/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌlɑk/

Forms: see fire n. and lock n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., lock n.²

Etymology: < fire n. + lock n.² (compare lock n.² 5).

Now historical.

1. A gunlock, employed in firearms using gunpowder, in which sparks are generated to ignite the priming.The name was first given to the wheel lock and the snaphance, and subsequently to the flintlock.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > lock > types of

firelock1544

snap-work1568

rewet1572

snaphance1588

French lock1641

wheel-lock1670

flintlock1683

matchlock1688

percussion gun-lock1808

percussion lock1819

rebounder1871

rebounding lock1871

miquelet1926

1544 W. Damsell Let. 20 Aug. in State Papers Henry VIII (P.R.O.: SP 1/191) f. 189^v Some of them shute with maches not having the fyre lockes.

1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 47 If their stones should happen..not to stand right in their cockes, whereby they should faile to strike iust vpon the wheeles being fire-lockes, or vpon the hammers or steeles, if they be Snap-hances.

1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 53 Pistolls, Petronells, or Dragons..all these are with fire-lockes, and those fire-lockes (for the most part) Snap-hances.

1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §44. 30 A perfect Pistol..with Prime, Powder and Fire-lock.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 294 I gave each of them a Musket with a Firelock on it.

1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 447 With his firelock nearly at the position of the charge with his thumb upon the cock.

1901 Outing Feb. 512/1 The Miquelitos, a band of marauders in the Pyrenees, are popularly supposed to have evolved the fire-lock from the wheel-lock.

2007 C. P. Neimeyer Revolutionary War v. 128 The flintlock required that soldiers maintain working pieces of flint wedged into the firing hammer of the firelock.

2. A firearm having such a gunlock.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > musket

musket1574

snaphancec1575

muscado1592

firelock1625

matchlock1638

fusee1661

squirt-fire1678

fusil1680

jingal1761

Brown Bess1785

tophaike1813

Tower musket1832

jezail1838

trumpet-pipe1844

bundook1886

needle-musket1898

1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 41 They [sc. cuirassiers] shall haue a case of long Pistolls, firelockes (if it may be) but Snaphaunces, where they are wanting.

1703 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 305 An agent..is arrived here, to buy 30,000 firelocks.

1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xlix. 242 Match-Locks..were liable to a great many Accidents, and not so easily handled as our Fire-Locks now are.

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 324 The English army have extemporised tents..by suspending blankets over their firelocks.

1902 E. E. Dye Conquest xvi. 61 He used his rifle-barrelled firelock as he used his hands.

2006 Daily Tel. 23 June 22/2 By the late 18th century brightly painted statues of mowers whetting their scythes,..and Roman soldiers with firelocks were popular.

3. A soldier armed with a firelock gun (see sense 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > one armed with firelock, matchlock, etc.

firelock1630

buxerry1748

matchlock-man1785

percussionist1817

1630 tr. H. C. Loncq & D. van Waerdenburgh True Relation Vanquishing of Olinda 4 Hee martched forwards corragiouslie with all his Forces, parted in 3. Regiments and a partie of Fire-locks.

1645 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 181/2 Colonel John Russell, with..the Prince's fferelockes, assaulted.

1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 728/2 Where they posted 12 Firelocks.

1736 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde I. iii. 336 The Earl of Ormonde conferred the command of a company of firelocks..upon Sir Philip Percival.

1801 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 285 The other corps..will amount to about 2000 firelocks.

1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. viii. 342 The detachment..scarcely mustered nine hundred and fifty firelocks.

1871 Ladye Shakerley vi. 114 Sir Charles, and his eight brave firelocks, crept up this same steep hill.

1905 S. C. Lomas Rep. MSS Earl of Egmont p. xiv After careful directions to his company of ‘firelocks’..he left Ireland about the end of March on a mission to the King.

2004 C. L. Scott et al. Edgehill xi. 131 Legge's Firelocks were scattered and the gunners who did not run away were cut down.

Compounds

General attributive, as firelock musket, firelock piece.

ΚΠ

1575 G. Gascoigne Complaint Greene Knight in Posies 183 My chaunce was late to haue a peereles firelock peece.

1631 Schedule of Prices in S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour (1824) III. 101 For a pair of firelock pistols.

a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 24 Capt. Bunce returned safe..with..six fire-lock musquets.

1750 H. Snell Female Soldier 47 Well disciplined in the Firelock-Exercise.

1856 G. J. Cayley Bridle Roads of Spain (ed. 2) xvi.149 A few men, with very long firelock-muskets followed.

2007 A. M. Little Abraham in Arms i. 37 Flint- or firelock muskets were faster and easier to load and fire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	firelock
释义	firelockn. Brit. /ˈfʌɪəlɒk/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌlɑk/ Forms: see fire n. and lock n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., lock n.² Etymology: < fire n. + lock n.² (compare lock n.² 5). Now historical. 1. A gunlock, employed in firearms using gunpowder, in which sparks are generated to ignite the priming.The name was first given to the wheel lock and the snaphance, and subsequently to the flintlock. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > lock > types of firelock1544 snap-work1568 rewet1572 snaphance1588 French lock1641 wheel-lock1670 flintlock1683 matchlock1688 percussion gun-lock1808 percussion lock1819 rebounder1871 rebounding lock1871 miquelet1926 1544 W. Damsell Let. 20 Aug. in State Papers Henry VIII (P.R.O.: SP 1/191) f. 189^v Some of them shute with maches not having the fyre lockes. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 47 If their stones should happen..not to stand right in their cockes, whereby they should faile to strike iust vpon the wheeles being fire-lockes, or vpon the hammers or steeles, if they be Snap-hances. 1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 53 Pistolls, Petronells, or Dragons..all these are with fire-lockes, and those fire-lockes (for the most part) Snap-hances. 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §44. 30 A perfect Pistol..with Prime, Powder and Fire-lock. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 294 I gave each of them a Musket with a Firelock on it. 1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 447 With his firelock nearly at the position of the charge with his thumb upon the cock. 1901 Outing Feb. 512/1 The Miquelitos, a band of marauders in the Pyrenees, are popularly supposed to have evolved the fire-lock from the wheel-lock. 2007 C. P. Neimeyer Revolutionary War v. 128 The flintlock required that soldiers maintain working pieces of flint wedged into the firing hammer of the firelock. 2. A firearm having such a gunlock. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > musket musket1574 snaphancec1575 muscado1592 firelock1625 matchlock1638 fusee1661 squirt-fire1678 fusil1680 jingal1761 Brown Bess1785 tophaike1813 Tower musket1832 jezail1838 trumpet-pipe1844 bundook1886 needle-musket1898 1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 41 They [sc. cuirassiers] shall haue a case of long Pistolls, firelockes (if it may be) but Snaphaunces, where they are wanting. 1703 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 305 An agent..is arrived here, to buy 30,000 firelocks. 1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xlix. 242 Match-Locks..were liable to a great many Accidents, and not so easily handled as our Fire-Locks now are. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 324 The English army have extemporised tents..by suspending blankets over their firelocks. 1902 E. E. Dye Conquest xvi. 61 He used his rifle-barrelled firelock as he used his hands. 2006 Daily Tel. 23 June 22/2 By the late 18th century brightly painted statues of mowers whetting their scythes,..and Roman soldiers with firelocks were popular. 3. A soldier armed with a firelock gun (see sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > one armed with firelock, matchlock, etc. firelock1630 buxerry1748 matchlock-man1785 percussionist1817 1630 tr. H. C. Loncq & D. van Waerdenburgh True Relation Vanquishing of Olinda 4 Hee martched forwards corragiouslie with all his Forces, parted in 3. Regiments and a partie of Fire-locks. 1645 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 181/2 Colonel John Russell, with..the Prince's fferelockes, assaulted. 1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 728/2 Where they posted 12 Firelocks. 1736 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde I. iii. 336 The Earl of Ormonde conferred the command of a company of firelocks..upon Sir Philip Percival. 1801 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 285 The other corps..will amount to about 2000 firelocks. 1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. viii. 342 The detachment..scarcely mustered nine hundred and fifty firelocks. 1871 Ladye Shakerley vi. 114 Sir Charles, and his eight brave firelocks, crept up this same steep hill. 1905 S. C. Lomas Rep. MSS Earl of Egmont p. xiv After careful directions to his company of ‘firelocks’..he left Ireland about the end of March on a mission to the King. 2004 C. L. Scott et al. Edgehill xi. 131 Legge's Firelocks were scattered and the gunners who did not run away were cut down. Compounds General attributive, as firelock musket, firelock piece. ΚΠ 1575 G. Gascoigne Complaint Greene Knight in Posies 183 My chaunce was late to haue a peereles firelock peece. 1631 Schedule of Prices in S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour (1824) III. 101 For a pair of firelock pistols. a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 24 Capt. Bunce returned safe..with..six fire-lock musquets. 1750 H. Snell Female Soldier 47 Well disciplined in the Firelock-Exercise. 1856 G. J. Cayley Bridle Roads of Spain (ed. 2) xvi.149 A few men, with very long firelock-muskets followed. 2007 A. M. Little Abraham in Arms i. 37 Flint- or firelock muskets were faster and easier to load and fire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1544
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