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What is a linstock?

What is a linstock? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.
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The first thing he perceived was the linstock cut in two by a pair of shears.
It was attached to a linstock, a forked stick long enough to keep the cannoneer out of the way of the recoil.
It was the difference between a cannon lying quiet in its embrasure, and the same gun when touched by the linstock.
They wheel that upon the approaching boat, and Independence holds the linstock over the fuse-hole.
It is not known how he will plead over the incident on the M6 near Linstock, Cumbria, in January.
Semicircular indentation on the planks of the linstock to house the grips of the corresponding arm.

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