单词 | gun-lock |
释义 | gun-lockn. That part of the mechanism of a gun by which the charge is exploded. See lock n.2 5. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > lock lock1544 gun-lock1651 1651 in Connecticut Public Rec. I. 217 Hee sould away his tooles, and thereby made himselfe vncapeable of repairing any gun locks. 1672 in Coll. S. Carolina Hist. Soc. V. 409 Orderd that Capt. Richd Conant doe seize the Indian..with his gun & all the powder & gun locks wch shall be found in his custody. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. v. 102 Carving and graving for snuff-boxes, gun-locks, and in mother of pearl. 1795 R. Dodd Rep. Hartlepool 16 The breaching gun-lock, on ship~board, is infinitely superior to any fire-match. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. i. 21 The ticking of gun-locks was heard. Compounds General attributive, as gun-lock hammer, gun-lock maker, gun-lock screw, gun-lock spring. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > other specific parts touch plate1508 maniglion1704 gun-lock screw1731 match pipe1740 quoin of mire1797 bricole1809 tumbler-screw1843 training wheel1875 hand1880 side lever1892 gun-lock spring1894 gun control1909 magazine well1948 society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes artillery or firearms > specific parts stock-maker1579 stocker1641 matchmaker1643 barrel-forger1720 gun-lock maker1814 actioner1881 1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 265 They [i.e. Spaniards] treated her [i.e. a ship's] men barbarously, torturing their Fingers with Gunlock-Screws, and lighted Matches. 1814 Sporting Mag. 44 150 John Bradford, a gun-lock maker. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Gun-lock Hammer, the cock or striker of a fire-arm lock. 1894 Outing 24 443/2 A gun-lock spring. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1651 |
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