| One of the guns apparently missed fire, and as he was placing fresh powder in the touchhole the stuff went off. |
| Carefully, deliberately, Pamela Russell lowered her candle to the cannon's touchhole. |
| It always is there with men of Bertie's order, and only comes to light when the match of danger is applied to the touchhole. |
| Then he laid that match to the touchhole and another rain of iron swept down the street. |
| Firing was apparently accomplished by applying a red-hot wire to a touchhole drilled through the top of the thickest part of the breech. |
| In cannons a small touchhole was drilled into the breech and filled with fine powder. |
