Gunlock: alternatives and connections

A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.

Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

To lock, or fasten as with a lock.

A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain.

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastene…

A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a f…

One who, or that which, blows.

A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or t…

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to br…

The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

A spit.

An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.

A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.

A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.

A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.

A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.