firelockとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪəlɒk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ(ə)ɹˌlɑk/
• ハイフネーション: fire‧lock

名詞

firelock (複数形 firelocks)

1. (historical) A form of gunlock, in which the priming is ignited by a spark. [from 16th c.]
2. (by extension, historical) A firearm using such a gunlock. [from 17th c.]
   • 1819 June 23​, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rip Van Winkle”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], OCLC 1090970992, pages 76–77:

     He looked round for his gun, but in place of the clean well-oiled fowing-piece, he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel encrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten.

   • 1824, Town and Country Tales, page 115:

     Alfred, surprised to meet his father, whom he thought absent from home, […] stood, holding his firelock in one hand, and his hat in the other […]

   • 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating Jakob Grimmelshausen, Simplicius Simplicissimus, Dedalus 2016, p. 48:

     Before we were out of the forest, however, we saw about ten peasants, some armed with firelocks [transl. Feuer-rohren], others busy burying something.