matchlockn.

Brit.

/ˈmatʃlɒk/, U.S.

/ˈmætʃˌlɑk/

Forms: see match n.² and lock n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: match n.², firelock n.

Etymology: < match n.² + -lock (in firelock n.). Compare lock n.² 5.

Now chiefly historical.

1. A gun having a matchlock (sense 2). More fully matchlock gun, matchlock musket.

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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

1638 Court Rec. 8 Mar. in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony Connecticut (1850) I. 15 Every military man is to have..one pounde of match if his peece be a match locke.

1672 King Charles II Warrant 2 Apr. One matchlocke musquet, with a collar of bandaliero.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 99 Matchlocks, Swords, and Javelins.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 139 The Infantry [consists] of Gentues, with Match-Lock Muskets.

1795 A. Anderson Narr. Brit. Embassy China 71 Others are armed with match-locks of a very rusty appearance.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) viii. 289 The clumsy matchlock musket of olden time.

1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. x. 290 The battle was waged out of Court with sword and matchlock.

1882 Cent. Mag. Nov. 72/2 The colonists..deposited there awkward matchlock guns in dry vats for security.

1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers xi. 166 They could shoot, too, with their rusty matchlocks.

1987 Target Gun Aug. 36/2 Flintlock Brown Besses from Waterloo..and matchlocks from Japan..all appeared, in action.

2. A gunlock in which a piece of smouldering slow match is used to ignite the charge.

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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

1629 Schedule in S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour (1824) III. 100 For a match tricker-lock compleat.. is. For a handle or guard of a tricker..vid. For furnishing and setting of a tricker lock in place of a feare lock, with a handle, tricker, and tricker pynnes. iis. vid.]

1688 E. Verney Let. 17 Mar. in M. M. Verney Mem. (1899) IV. x. 400 I Hadd rather go to the Mineries and Buy a little Gunne with a match Lock w^ch I Believe I can Have for 10 or 12 shillings.

1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xlix. 242 Upon the invention of Gun-Powder we only used Match-Locks, which were liable to a great many Accidents.

1786 F. Grose Treat. Anc. Armour 64 Musquets were fired with match locks.

1859 All Year Round 21 May 87 The hand guns were used with a matchlock till the pyrites wheel lock was invented.

Compounds

matchlock-man n. a soldier armed with a matchlock gun.

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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

1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Hist. Europe 32/1 No less than 1,800 were matchlock-men.

1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny 254 Some seven or eight hundred matchlock-men opened fire on them.

1992 G. Hancock Sign & Seal ii. vii. 172 Gragn..led hordes of wild Somali troops (supported by Arab mercenaries and Turkish matchlockmen) on a rampage into the Christian highlands.

Derivatives

ˈmatchlocked adj. rare armed with a matchlock.

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1871 J. Forsyth Highlands Central India 296 A whole posse of matchlocked shikáris.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	matchlock
释义	matchlockn. Brit. /ˈmatʃlɒk/, U.S. /ˈmætʃˌlɑk/ Forms: see match n.² and lock n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: match n.², firelock n. Etymology: < match n.² + -lock (in firelock n.). Compare lock n.² 5. Now chiefly historical. 1. A gun having a matchlock (sense 2). More fully matchlock gun, matchlock musket. 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 1638 Court Rec. 8 Mar. in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony Connecticut (1850) I. 15 Every military man is to have..one pounde of match if his peece be a match locke. 1672 King Charles II Warrant 2 Apr. One matchlocke musquet, with a collar of bandaliero. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 99 Matchlocks, Swords, and Javelins. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 139 The Infantry [consists] of Gentues, with Match-Lock Muskets. 1795 A. Anderson Narr. Brit. Embassy China 71 Others are armed with match-locks of a very rusty appearance. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) viii. 289 The clumsy matchlock musket of olden time. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. x. 290 The battle was waged out of Court with sword and matchlock. 1882 Cent. Mag. Nov. 72/2 The colonists..deposited there awkward matchlock guns in dry vats for security. 1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers xi. 166 They could shoot, too, with their rusty matchlocks. 1987 Target Gun Aug. 36/2 Flintlock Brown Besses from Waterloo..and matchlocks from Japan..all appeared, in action. 2. A gunlock in which a piece of smouldering slow match is used to ignite the charge. 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 1629 Schedule in S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour (1824) III. 100 For a match tricker-lock compleat.. is. For a handle or guard of a tricker..vid. For furnishing and setting of a tricker lock in place of a feare lock, with a handle, tricker, and tricker pynnes. iis. vid.] 1688 E. Verney Let. 17 Mar. in M. M. Verney Mem. (1899) IV. x. 400 I Hadd rather go to the Mineries and Buy a little Gunne with a match Lock w^ch I Believe I can Have for 10 or 12 shillings. 1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xlix. 242 Upon the invention of Gun-Powder we only used Match-Locks, which were liable to a great many Accidents. 1786 F. Grose Treat. Anc. Armour 64 Musquets were fired with match locks. 1859 All Year Round 21 May 87 The hand guns were used with a matchlock till the pyrites wheel lock was invented. Compounds matchlock-man n. a soldier armed with a matchlock gun. 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 1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Hist. Europe 32/1 No less than 1,800 were matchlock-men. 1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny 254 Some seven or eight hundred matchlock-men opened fire on them. 1992 G. Hancock Sign & Seal ii. vii. 172 Gragn..led hordes of wild Somali troops (supported by Arab mercenaries and Turkish matchlockmen) on a rampage into the Christian highlands. Derivatives ˈmatchlocked adj. rare armed with a matchlock. ΚΠ 1871 J. Forsyth Highlands Central India 296 A whole posse of matchlocked shikáris. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1638
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