English Explanatory Dictionary

linstock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.

Word forms

linstock linstocks lintstock

Etymology

Corrupted from luntstock, Dutch lontstok, from lont (“lunt”) + stok (“stock, stick”). See link (“a torch”), lunt, and stock.

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