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Matchlock vs Petronel - What's the difference?

matchlock | petronel |

As nouns the difference between matchlock and petronel

is that matchlock is early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan while petronel is (obsolete|weapons) a 17th century firearm that used a matchlock or a wheellock mechanism.

matchlock

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘Dray Wara Yow Dee’, Black and White , Folio Society 2004, vol. 1, p. 372:
    • I crept silently up the hill-road, but the fuse of my matchlock was wetted with the rain, and I could not slay Daoud Shah from afar.
  • The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.

    • petronel

    English

    (wikipedia petronel)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, weapons) A 17th century firearm that used a matchlock or a wheellock mechanism