A small box used to hold priming-powder for a musket or similar early firearm. Cf. touch-powder, n. Chiefly historical after 18th cent.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > priming-box (3) touch box?a1549 A small box used to hold priming-powder for a musket or similar early firearm. Cf. touch-powder, n. Chiefly historical after 18th cent. priming horna1625 (a) a horn containing priming powder carried by gunners (now historical); (b) a powder horn carried by miners and quarrymen (rare). priming box1642 a box of priming for cannon, etc., worn or carried at the waist. |
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