noun
- Plural of lunt; slow-burning matches or fuses, especially those used to ignite cannons or firearms.
- Plural of lunt; a slow match or cord used to light explosives.
Usage: historical; military
Usage: archaic
verb
- Third-person singular present tense of lunt; to move slowly or heavily.
Usage: dialectal; rare
Examples
- The soldiers carried lunts to ignite the cannons during the siege.
- The gunpowder magazine stored dozens of lunts for emergency use.
- He lunts along the path without any sense of urgency.
- The old fortification's arsenal contained barrels of lunts and gunpowder.
- She lunts through the heavy snow, exhausted from the long journey.