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linstock [lin-stok] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
Origin of linstock 1565–75; earlier lyntstock Dutch lontstock match-stick, with lint replacing lont by association with the material commonly used as tinder Examples from the Web for linstock Historical Examples of linstock
The first thing he perceived was the linstock cut in two by a pair of shears.
Mr Jkai
This was applying the linstock to the priming with a vengeance.
John Sherburne Sleeper
So, throwing away the linstock, he began to run; and the Spaniards came up with him and killed him.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XXXI, 1640
Diego Aduarte
Pop went the colonel’s ready carbine, and the Malay fell over dead, and the linstock flew out of his hand.
Charles Reade
It was attached to a linstock (fig. 18), a forked stick long enough to keep the cannoneer out of the way of the recoil.
Albert Manucy
British Dictionary definitions for linstock linstock noun
- a long staff holding a lighted match, formerly used to fire a cannon
Word Origin for linstock C16: from Dutch lontstok, from lont match + stok stick Word Origin and History for linstock n.
forked staff used for firing a cannon, 1570s, from Dutch lonstok, from lont “match” + stok “stick.”