snaphance in English dictionary

  • snaphance

    Meanings and definitions of "snaphance"

    • noun
      A spring lock for discharging a firearm.
    • noun
      The firearm to which it is attached.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A trifling or second-rate thing or person.
    • noun
      A snaphance or snaphaunce is a type of lock for firing a gun or is a gun using that mechanism.
      Like the earlier snaplock and later flintlock, the snaphance drives a flint onto a steel to create a shower of sparks to ignite the main charge (propellant).

    Synonyms of "snaphance" in English dictionary

    Another word for "snaphance" in the English thesaurus is snaphaunce.

    • snaphaunce

      A snaphance or snaphaunce is a type of lock for firing a gun or is a gun using that mechanism.

    Grammar and declension of snaphance

    • snaphance (plural snaphances)

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