English

Noun

lintstock ‎(plural lintstocks)

1. (historical) Alternative form of linstock
   • 1892, Ivan Vazov, Under the Yoke: A Romance of Bulgarian Liberty, translator not credited, London: William Heinemann, 1912, Chapter X, p. 214,

     The gunner, with his lintstock in hand, was preparing to set to work.

   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 20,

     Guns and carriages, together with the long rammers and shorter lintstocks lodged in loops overhead—all these, as customary, were painted black […]