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Cocks (lock components)

Scope note

The striking arms holding the gunflint in flintlocks, snaphances, and miquelet locks.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000225146

Broader Terms used

<lock components>

Equivalent Terms used

cock (lock component)

Created

13yrs ago

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