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percussion lock

percussion lock noun: a kind of lock for a gun in which a hammer strikes upon a percussion cap on the nipple, igniting the charge.

Noun

percussion lock (plural percussion locks)

  1. A kind of lock for a gun in which a hammer strikes upon a percussion cap on the nipple, igniting the charge.

Forms of percussion lock

pluralpercussion locks

Questions about percussion lock

What does percussion lock mean?
Percussion lock means a kind of lock for a gun in which a hammer strikes upon a percussion cap on the nipple, igniting the charge.
What part of speech is percussion lock?
Percussion lock is a noun.
What is the plural of percussion lock?
The plural of percussion lock is percussion locks.

Words near percussion lock in the dictionary

  1. percussion hammers
  2. percussion idiophone
  3. percussion idiophones
  4. percussion instrument
  5. percussion instruments
  6. percussion lock
  7. percussion locks
  8. percussion notation
  9. percussional
  10. percussionally
  11. percussionist

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