frizzens

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A form of frizzen — An L-shaped piece of steel hinged at the rear used in flintlock firearms, positioned over the flash pan so to enclose a small priming charge of black powder next to the flash hole that is drilled through the barrel, such that when fired the flint scrapes it so as to create a spark.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of frizzen
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