Slow Match (Noun)
Meaning
Match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The historical reenactors used a slow match to ignite the black powder charge in the cannons during the Civil War reenactment.
- Before the advent of safety matches, slow matches were commonly used for smoking and cooking in rural areas.
- To demonstrate the historic firearm's mechanism, the museum guide lit the musket's powder charge with a slow match.
- Lighting the fireworks display with a slow match required great care to ensure the wicks ignited at the correct time.
- During the siege, the military forces used slow matches to ignite the fuse of explosives packed into wooden barrels.