'Matchlock' definitions:
Definition of 'matchlock'
(from WordNet)
noun
An early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
Definition of 'Matchlock'
From: GCIDE
- Matchlock \Match"lock`\, n. An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match. [1913 Webster]