Pistol /(?)/

Pis·tol

Pistol

n.
  1. The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.

Phrases & Compounds
Pistol carbine
a firearm with a removable but-piece, and thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a carbine.
Pistol pipe
a pipe in which the blast for a furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form.
Pistol shot
The discharge of a pistol

Pistol

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Pistoled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pistoling

  1. To shoot with a pistol.