Bayonet

Definitions

1. A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
2. A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.

Equivalents

Examples

“Fig. 3. Its bayonet, to be fixed by sticking the handle⟳ into the muzzle of the musquet.”

““Well, the proper way to kill⟳ a man with a bayonet is this: First you thrust it in under the ribs—here.””

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