They were apparently fairly well supplied with them, of either the "matchlock" or "snaphance". From Wordnik.com. [The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete] Reference
"The firing of a matchlock was to be our signal that my men held the upper end of the pass, and were descending on our enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
On each side an Ironside keeping guard with a matchlock. From Wordnik.com. [Cromwell] Reference
The man carried a matchlock, of which he was very proud. From Wordnik.com. [Eothen] Reference
Whether he shouldered a matchlock for the Castle-people and. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864] Reference
Another man carried an enormous, full-length matchlock arquebus. From Wordnik.com. [Time Scout]
There is a matchlock in the Tower of London with one barrel and. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
Scattered around him were about forty matchlock men, mostly slaves. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
They were at first furnished with a matchlock, and fired by a match. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Twelve men, all equipped, having each his rest and his matchlock, 40. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School] Reference
I had already remarked, whilst the matchlock-men were swarming up the. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
Behind the drummer, two matchlock-men are seated at the end of the table. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
The first settlers were equipped with both wheel-lock and matchlock muskets. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
The standard musket during the early years of the settlement was the matchlock. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
There were ancient fowling pieces, musketoons, horse-pistols, and even a matchlock. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
The arms of the infantry were a matchlock and crooked knife; the horsemen had a lance. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Arabia] Reference
The flintlock and percussion are themselves evolutions of the wheellock and matchlock. From Wordnik.com. [How many of you ladies and gents enjoy hunting with traditional blackpowder firearms?] Reference
Flintlock and matchlock guns in particular had a longer period of use than cartridge guns. From Wordnik.com. [Time Scout]
Afghanistan-had been piled up as a defence, and a rest for the long barrel of the matchlock. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
When all hopes had nearly vanished, the villagers went to Kaloo Singh, who possessed an old matchlock. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
There were five soldiers, or rather matchlock-men, engaged from the fort-garrison, El – Muwaylah: —. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
It was like reintroducing the matchlock or the snaphaunce, but Ruger doted on the single-shot, and that was that. From Wordnik.com. [The 50 Best Guns of All Time] Reference
I am also familiar with the wheellock, Snaphaunce (early flint design with a seperate frizzen) and the matchlock. From Wordnik.com. [Knight Rifles Goes Under] Reference
There was the shattered stock of the very matchlock with which Shakspeare shot the deer, on his poaching exploits. From Wordnik.com. [The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon] Reference
Some genius in the machine-shop altered a matchlock musket to flintlock and showed the local gunsmiths how to do it. From Wordnik.com. [Space Viking]
He struggled to free himself; his cry was stifled ere it was uttered; his matchlock fell with a clatter to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
I slew with my own sword twenty-three matchlock-men, and cut a dromedary in two; and by that terrible day of Assaye, where. From Wordnik.com. [Burlesques] Reference
Here they arrived at a low wall cut by an open gateway, at each side of which stood a Maratha sentry armed with a matchlock. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Yes, I deliberately advanced past the first couple gens of weapons (hand fired and matchlock) as a design choice for a couple reasons. From Wordnik.com. [Firearms for Pathfinder « Geek Related] Reference
It is not a conventional matchlock, as historians have written, but a complex and very costly arquebuse à rouet, a wheel-lock arquebus. From Wordnik.com. ['Champlain's Dream: The European Founding of North America'] Reference
Jumping over the bales of silk, he swung over his head a matchlock he had seized from one of his peons, and brought it down with a horizontal sweep. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Many of the villages, however, have a professional huntsman, who will display the most incredible patience in waiting with his matchlock for the game to appear. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876] Reference
By 1625, however, the picture had changed, for the wheel-lock, snaphaunce, and "doglock," were being used in large numbers, and the matchlock had become obsolete. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
Their matchlock men posted themselves to the greatest advantage in a wood, and opened a galling fire upon our defences, while their swordsmen made a determined advance. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
Hispaniola, forcing them, with sword, matchlock, and culverin, to grant him free trade, and then to sign testimonials that he had borne himself as became a peaceful merchant. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
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