💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Boxlock"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| firelocknoun | (by extension, historical) A firearm using such a gunlock. |
| safety locknoun | (firearms) A lock with some device for preventing accidental firing of the weapon. |
| doglocknoun | (firearms, historical) The lock that preceded the true flintlock in both rifles and pistols in the 17th century. |
| matchlocknoun | (historical) Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan. |
| button locknoun | (metonymic) A knife or other tool with such a lock. |
| snaplocknoun | A mechanism for firing a gun that ignites the propellant by means of sparks produced when a spring-powered cock strikes a flint down on to a piece of hardened steel. |
| buttonlocknoun | Alternative form of button lock. [A type of lock (for knives, and other tools, of folding or collapsing type) in which the lock is released with the press of a button, usually on the side of the handle; such a lock often allows the tool to be locked closed as well as locked open.] |
| double-barrelled shotgunnoun | A type of shot-firing gun with two long, parallel barrels, allowing the user to fire twice in quick succession. |
| double-barrelnoun | (informal) A double-barrelled gun, now especially a double-barrelled shotgun. |
| backlocknoun | A knife with such a lock: synonym of lockback. |
| caplocknoun | A firearm that is discharged by means of a percussion cap. |
| handlocknoun | A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff. |
| gunlocknoun | A mechanism fitted to a cannon that fires it when a cord is pulled. |
| coach gunnoun | A double-barrelled shotgun with very short barrels. |
| percussion locknoun | (firearms) A kind of lock for a gun in which a hammer strikes upon a percussion cap on the nipple, igniting the charge. |
| boltnoun | A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw. |
| over and undernoun | A double-barreled shotgun (or infrequently a rifle), with one barrel placed on top of the other. |
| frame locknoun | A type of lock for a folding knife or other tool, distinct from the liner lock by the spring portion of the liner being replaced by an integral component of the handle. |
| underlugnoun | (firearms) One of the locking lugs on a break-action firearm that extend from the bottom of the barrels under the chamber(s) and connect into the receiver bottom. |
| liner locknoun | (metonymic) A knife or other tool with such a lock. |
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