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wheellocks

wheellocks is the plural of wheellock.

Meaning of wheellock

Noun

wheellock (plural wheellocks)

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

Questions about wheellocks

What is wheellocks the plural of?
Wheellocks is the plural of wheellock.

Words near wheellocks in the dictionary

  1. wheelings and dealings
  2. wheelless
  3. wheellessness
  4. wheellike
  5. wheellock
  6. wheellocks
  7. wheelmaker
  8. wheelmakers
  9. wheelmaking
  10. wheelman
  11. wheelmark

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