frizzen (English, noun)
expansion: frizzen (plural frizzens)
Senses:
glosses: An L-shaped piece of steel hinged at the rear used in flintlock firearms, positioned over the flash pan so to enclose a small priming charge of black powder next to the flash hole that is drilled through the barrel, such that when fired the flint scrapes it so as to create a spark.
Forms:
form: frizzens
tags: plural