wheellock , także: wheel-lock , także: wheel lock

The wheellock took around a minute to load, prepare and fire.

What he drew out looked exactly like a wheellock dag.

The wheellock mechanism is complex to make, which made it relatively costly.

An alternative to the matchlock in the earlier period was the wheellock mechanism.

It quickly replaced earlier technologies, such as the matchlock and wheellock.

However, the wheellock is used to send the flame to then ignite the charge in the barrel.

He drew out from his buffcoat his right hand and the small wheellock pistol it held.

The high production cost and complexity of the mechanism however hindered the wheellock's widespread adoption.

He is sometimes credited with inventing the wheellock in Nuremberg in 1517.

First known reference to a wheellock gun.

From the middle of the 16th century, newer wheellock mechanisms were used instead of older matchlocks.

Prior to the wheellock, the need for a lit match made stealth and concealment nearly impossible, particularly at night.

Petronels are found with either matchlock or wheellock mechanisms.

The wheellock action, a successor to the matchlock, predated the flintlock.

The next item he took from the silvery casket was a foot-and-a-half-long wheellock pistol.

On pulling the trigger of a wheellock firearm, the sear effects a slight rotation as described above.

Equipped with one or two wheellock pistols, cavalrymen would advance on their target at less than a gallop.

Drawings made by Leonardo of a wheellock mechanism date (depending on the authority) from either the mid-1490s or the first decade of the 16th century.

A dirk, a dagger, and a large wheellock handgun, that holstered at my saddle-pommel."

A wheellock, wheel-lock or wheel lock, is a friction-wheel mechanism to cause a spark for firing a firearm.

The wheellock was used along with the matchlock until both were replaced by the simpler and less-costly flintlock, by the late 17th century.

Those who did not have a round targe strapped on their backs were carrying a one- or two-barreled wheellock fusil slung there.

O'Brien took the top and Bashir the bottom as they untogged the pins, then the chief rotated the wheellock at the center of the hatch.

The operation of the wheellock is comparable to that of a modern-day friction cigarette lighter, but the mechanism is far more complex.

There is a possibility that Leonardo da Vinci was the inventor of the wheellock, but opinions remain divided.