Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A projecting piece of iron welded to a musket-barrel of the older patterns, near the breech, for the purpose of furnishing a seat into which the cone is screwed.
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Examples
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There are forty-nine pieces used in making up a musket, which have to be formed and finished separately; only two of these, the sight and cone-seat, are permanently attached to any other part, so that the musket can, at any time, be separated into forty-seven parts, by simply turning screws and opening springs.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various
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The mountings, cone and cone-seat screw, should not be taken off, nor should the lock be taken apart, except by permission of an officer.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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