Black-powder
an explosive powder consisting of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, used chiefly in old guns fired for sport, in fireworks, and for spotting charges in practice bombs; black gunpowder.
Historical Examples
The New Gresham Encyclopedia Various
From Capetown to Ladysmith G. W. Steevens
The Return H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire
Time Crime H. Beam Piper
noun
another name for gunpowder
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