Usually means: Device that locks a firearm.
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  1. gunlock: Merriam-Webster
  2. gunlock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gunlock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gunlock: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gunlock: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gunlock, gunlock: Wordnik
  7. gunlock: Wiktionary
  8. gunlock: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. gunlock: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. gunlock: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Gunlock, gunlock: Dictionary.com
  12. Gunlock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Gunlock: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. gunlock: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. gunlock: Rhymezone
  16. Gunlock: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. gunlock: FreeDictionary.org
  18. gunlock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. gunlock: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gunlock: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gunlock)

▸ noun:  A mechanism fitted to a cannon that fires it when a cord is pulled.

Similar:
firing mechanism, firelock, cannon lock, snaplock, matchlock, spring gun, boxlock, handlock, percussion lock, caplock, more...

Opposite:
unguard, unlock, release, disengage

Types:
trigger, firing pin, safety, hammer, sear, bolt, more...

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Similar:
firing mechanism, firelock, cannon lock, snaplock, matchlock, spring gun, boxlock, handlock, percussion lock, caplock, more...

Opposite:
unguard, unlock, release, disengage

Types:
trigger, firing pin, safety, hammer, sear, bolt, more...



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