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wheel lock

1. A firing mechanism in certain obsolete small arms, in which a small wheel produces sparks by revolving against a flint.

2. A firearm using such a mechanism.

wheel lock

1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a gunlock formerly in use in which the firing mechanism was activated by sparks produced by friction between a small steel wheel and a flint

2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a gun having such a lock

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Noun

wheel lock - an obsolete gunlock using flint and a revolving wheel

firing mechanism, gunlock - the action that ignites the charge in a firearm

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