A small container with a nozzle for carrying and dispersing gunpowder.
Example sentencesExamples
On another occasion it was stated that a man who had been brought up from the Port with his hand shattered by the explosion of a powder flask was not visited by the surgeon till the fourth day after he had been in the infirmary.
He buried his powder flask to the west of the pass.
Definition of powder flask in US English:
powder flask
nounˈpoudər ˌflask
historical
A small container with a nozzle for carrying and dispensing gunpowder.
Example sentencesExamples
On another occasion it was stated that a man who had been brought up from the Port with his hand shattered by the explosion of a powder flask was not visited by the surgeon till the fourth day after he had been in the infirmary.
He buried his powder flask to the west of the pass.