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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 match·lock /-ˌlɑk/
 火繩槍

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Match·lock n. An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 matchlock
      n : an early style of musket; had a slow burning wick that could
          be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge