Noun(1) a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground, to hold a lighted match(2) a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match)(3) formerly used to fire cannons
Noun(1) a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground, to hold a lighted match(2) a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match)(3) formerly used to fire cannons
(1) The presence of copper alloy priming wire and a carved linstock - a staff for holding a lighted match for firing cannons - suggest that he might have been a master gunner.(2) He grabbed his linstock , slipped down the hatchway, grabbing the remaining match.
