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Peter Dekker's Glossary
An online reference covering antique arms and armor, maintained and updated regularly.

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Dzeferdar logo
Džeferdar
A type of gun from Montenegro with rich mother-of-pearl inlays.
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Jeferdar
The alternative spelling of the Džeferdar, a type of miquelet gun from Montenegro.
Blunderbuss logo
Kěmura
Acehnese word for blunderbuss.
Lila cannon logo
Lila / lilla
Indonesian word for a swivel cannon.
Tibetan matchlock musket logo
Me mda' (ཨེ་མདའ་)
Tibetan word for the matchlock musket.
Miquelet lock
Mediterranean lock
An alternative name for the miquelet lock
Miquelet lock
Miquelet
Collector's jargon for a type of lock for a firearm
Niaoqiang logo
Niǎoqiāng (鳥鎗)
The Chinese word for matchlock musket.
Padri gun logo
Padri gun
Padri gun is the name of a Malay matchlock.
Satingar logo
Satingar
Malay word for their matchlock musket.
Vietnamese matchlock musket logo
Súng hỏa mai
Vietnamese word for matchlock musket.
Indian toradar logo
Toradar
The Indian matchlock musket.

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