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Former North Staffordshire Railway stations A linstock (also called a lintstock) is a staff with a fork at one end to hold a lighted slow match.

Linstocks were used for discharging cannons in the early days of artillery; the linstock allowed the gunner to stand farther from the cannon as it was dangerous applying the lighted match to the touch hole at the breech of the gun: not only could the charge flash back, but the recoil of the cannon might send the carriage toward the gunner.

Like much early modern military equipment the linstock could have an additional function; 16th century examples had measurements in inches and a protractor engraved on the blade to allow the gun captain to check the angle.

By the 18th century artillery pieces were being fitted with flintlock firing devices (known as gunlocks), rendering the linstock obsolete though the linstock remained in service in many places where the older form of ignition was used, including America during the War of Independence and parts of Europe during the Napoleonic Wars.

During the War of 1812 and American Civil War gun crews were issued linstocks, which were used when the flintlock and percussion cap-ignited primers failed.