A stem, columnar or straight portion of something. †(a) Of a cannon: = chase, n.3 2 (b) ‘The forward, straight part of a gun-stock’ (E. H. Knight Pra…

A metal plate, often decorative, on the side of a muzzle-loading firearm supporting the screws that pass through the stock to hold the lock in…

(a) the hand with which a person uses a pistol; †(b) = pistol grip n. (obsolete).

The butt-end of a gun.

The plate on the butt end of a gunstock.

In a musket or rifle: The metal work of the stock of a gun into which the breech of the barrel fits.

a pistol butt shaped for firing from the shoulder.

the butt of a rifle.

that part of the pistol stock which is gripped by the hand; a handle or grip shaped like the butt of a pistol; frequently attributive.

A protective metal cap on the nose of a gunstock. Now historical.

A recess in the butt of a musket or rifle, in which accessories are carried.

the hinged lid of the trap in a musket or rifle stock (see 9a).

That part of a firearm which houses the firing and loading mechanisms and to which the barrel and other components are attached.

The corner at the top of the heel plate of a gunstock. Also as a mass noun: the extent to which this protrudes.

Accessories, appendages. (Formerly also plural in the same sense.) Now only technical in specific applications; used, e.g., for the finger-plates…

concrete. The curve of a gun-stock, shaped to fit the arm of the person for whose use it is made.

Applied to various things resembling a cock's comb in position or appearance (= crest). The projection on the top of the cock of a gun-lock. Also…

The fore part of the stock of a gun, which supports the barrel. Also attributive.

a pin for fixing the furniture (see 6) of a gun.

That which is gripped or grasped. In a rifle, pistol, etc.: that part of the stock which is held by the hand and is roughened to make the grasp…