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lockpan

lockpan noun: a small metal holder on an old-style gun, holding the loose gunpowder used to light the main charge inside the weapon.

Noun

lockpan (plural not attested)

  1. (dated, no plural) A small metal holder on an old-style gun, holding the loose gunpowder used to light the main charge inside the weapon.

Questions about lockpan

What does lockpan mean?
Lockpan means a small metal holder on an old-style gun, holding the loose gunpowder used to light the main charge inside the weapon.
What part of speech is lockpan?
Lockpan is a noun.

Words near lockpan in the dictionary

  1. locknuts
  2. lockoff
  3. lockoffs
  4. lockout
  5. lockouts
  6. lockpan
  7. lockpick
  8. lockpicked
  9. lockpicker
  10. lockpickers
  11. lockpicking

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