DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
matchlock
/'mæʧ,lɑk/ · mæʧlɑk
Matchlock has 2 syllables: match · lock.
match
01
lock
02
noun. An early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge.
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