wheellock

English

noun

Definitions

(historical) An early type of firearm, using a spring-driven wheel against a flint to make sparks in the firing pan.

Etymology

Compound from English wheel + English lock (tuf of hair, tuft length of hair, curl, tuft of hair).

Origin

English

lock

Gloss

tuf of hair, tuft length of hair, curl, tuft of hair

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Goldilocks English
Lockport English
airlock English
anklelock English
anti-lock English
armlock English
awheel English
belock English
boxlock English
brainlock English
breastwheel English
brushwheel English
bucketwheel English
camwheel English
cartwheel English
chinlock English
click wheel English
coachwheel English
cogwheel English
couchlock English
counterwheel English
countwheel English
daglock English
deadlock English
deathlock English
doglock English
earlock English
elflock English
eyelock English
fetlock English
fetterlock English
firelock English
firewheel English
flatlock English
flintlock English
flywheel English
footwheel English
forelock English
forewheel English
freewheel English
gridlock English
guidewheel English
gunlock English
hairlock English
hammerlock English
handlock English
handwheel English
hashlock English
headlock English
headwheel English
horsewheel English
inlock English
interlock English
inwheel English
keylock English
landlock English
leglock English
lidlock English
liplock English
livelock English
lock English
lock-weir English
lockability English
lockable English
lockage English
lockbolt English
lockbox English
locker English
lockfast English
lockful English
lockhouse English
lockjaw English
lockkeeper English
lockless English
locklike English
lockmaster English
locknut English
lockout English
lockpicker English
lockplate English
lockring English
lockset English
lockshield English
lockside English
locksman English
locksmith English
locksmithery English
locksport English
lockstep English
lockstitch English
lockwork English
locky English
lovelock English
manlock English
matchlock English
millwheel English
mindlock English
monowheel English
multilock English
necklock English
nosewheel English
oarlock English
overlock English
picklock English
pinwheel English
pitwheel English
printwheel English
relock English
riplock English
roadwheel English
scoopwheel English
sidelock English
sidewheel English
sidewheeler English
snaplock English
soaplock English
softlock English
spinlock English
spinner wheel English
starwheel English
sternwheel English
suitlock English
taglock English
tailwheel English
thumbwheel English
tonewheel English
trackwheel English
treadwheel English
twistlock English
typewheel English
underlock English
unlock English
uplock English
weighlock English
wheel English
wheelable English
wheelback English
wheelband English
wheelbarrow English
wheelbase English
wheelbench English
wheelbird English
wheelchair English
wheelclamping English
wheelcraft English
wheeler English
wheelest English
wheeleth English
wheelful English
wheelhorse English
wheelhouse English
wheelie English
wheelless English
wheellike English
wheelmaker English
wheelmaking English
wheelman English
wheelpit English
wheelrim English
wheelset English
wheelslip English
wheelsman English
wheelsmith English
wheelspin English
wheelstand English
wheelsuck English
wheelsucker English
wheelswarf English
wheeltapper English
wheelwoman English
wheelwork English
wheelwright English
wheelwrighting English
wheely English
windwheel English
wristlock English
Locke German
lok Middle English
whele Middle English
ล็อก Thai
loc Welsh
loklo Ido
lok Tok Pisin
wil Tok Pisin
wili Hausa
loke Seychellois Creole
wi·l Yurok