linstock

== English == === Alternative forms === lintstock === Etymology === Corrupted from luntstock, Dutch lontstok, from lont (“lunt”) + stok (“stock, stick”). See link (“a torch”), lunt, and stock. === Noun === linstock (plural linstocks) (historical) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon. For further quotations, see lintstock. ==== Translations ==== === References === “linstock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.