1. a Spanish or Catalan irregular soldier or guerrilla fighter, especially during the 17th-19th centuries
Usage: historical
2. a type of flintlock mechanism used in firearms, characterized by an external mainspring
Usage: firearms; historical

Examples

• The miquelet fighters harassed Napoleon’s troops in the Spanish mountains.
• Catalan miquelets used their knowledge of local terrain to ambush enemy forces.
• The museum displayed an 18th-century pistol with a miquelet lock mechanism.
• Spanish gunsmiths perfected the miquelet system for their military firearms.
• The miquelet’s external spring made the weapon easier to maintain in the field.