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Signification (Anglais)

A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.

Synonymes

detonator

fuse

portfire

Étymologie (Anglais)

Corrupted from luntstock, Dutch lonistok, from lont (“lunt”) + stok (“stock, stick”). See link (“a torch”), lunt, and stock.