tschinken.
/ˈtʃiŋkə/ A light wheel-lock fowling rifle of the 17th cent., characterized by its sharply-curved and frequently ornately-decorated stock, and external main-spring.
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1910 H. A. Dillon Illustr. Guide to Armouries, Tower of London 134 Tricker lock rifle of the kind called Tschinke, in France Arquebus À Pied De Biche.
1945 J. G. Mann European Arms & Armour (Wallace Coll. Catal.) iii. 321 ‘Tschinke’..became popular early in the seventeenth century for bustard and black game shooting... There are many Tschinkes in the K. Livrustkammer at Stockholm.
1950 Chambers's Encycl. V. 672/1 Light wheel-lock fowling pieces, known as tschinkes, are known by their curved stocks.
1964 H. L. Peterson Encycl. Firearms 324/1 The caliber of the tschinke usually ranged from .25 to .38.
1972 R. Akehurst World of Guns 38 A special type of light wheel-lock birding rifle called a tschinke was developed in the seventeenth century for this type of shooting.
1973 J. Lugs Firearms Past & Present I. 20 Another feature of these weapons, which were called ‘teschings’ or ‘tschinken’.., was the mounting of the whole lock mechanism on the exterior of the lock plate.
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