Definition of "wheellock" [wheellock]

• An early type of firearm, using a spring-driven wheel against a mineral to make sparks in the firing pan. (noun)

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• "I am also familiar with the wheellock, Snaphaunce (early flint design with a seperate frizzen) and the matchlock."
• "This is ridiculous, do the wheellock pistols in the Met Museum need such a registration?"
• "The flintlock and percussion are themselves evolutions of the wheellock and matchlock."