gunlock

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
gunlock
    n 1: the action that ignites the charge in a firearm [syn:
         {gunlock}, {firing mechanism}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gunlock \Gun"lock`\, n.
   The mechanism of a gun for producing the discharge. See
   {Lock}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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