Definition of Matchlack

Match"lock` (?), n. An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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