Usually means: Early firearm ignited by match.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. matchlock: Merriam-Webster
  2. matchlock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. matchlock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. matchlock: Collins English Dictionary
  5. matchlock: Wordnik
  6. matchlock: Wiktionary
  7. matchlock: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. matchlock: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. matchlock: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Matchlock, matchlock: Dictionary.com
  11. Matchlock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Matchlock: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. matchlock: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. matchlock: Rhymezone
  15. Matchlock: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. matchlock: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. matchlock: FreeDictionary.org
  18. matchlock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. matchlock: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. matchlock: Vocabulary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. matchlock: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (matchlock)

noun:  (historical) Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
noun:  The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match.

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