Snap-matchlocks

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Components (Hierarchy Name) > components (objects) > <components by specific context> > weapon components > projectile weapon components > firearm components > <firearm locks and lock components> > locks (firearm components) > matchlocks

Descripción

Matchlocks in which a cock or serpentine, holding the match, is held pressed into the pan of priming powder by a spring. When the firearm is cocked, the match is held up from the pan; when fired, it snaps rapidly down, igniting the powder.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300225125

Otros términos

  • estampidos de llaves con mecha [es]
  • snap-matchlock [en]
  • estampido de llaves con mecha [es]