English Explanatory Dictionary

wheellock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An early type of firearm, using a spring-driven wheel against a flint to make sparks in the firing pan.

Word forms

wheellock wheellocks

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English wheellock From wheel + lock.

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