English Explanatory Dictionary

snaphance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spring lock for discharging a firearm.
  2. The firearm to which it is attached.
  3. A trifling or second-rate thing or person.
  4. A snappish retort.

Word forms

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Etymology

Dutch snaphaan (“a gun”), originally, the snapping cock of a gun. See snap and hen.

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