Kalka

Japanese: カルカ
Kalka
〘Noun〙 (from calcador, meaning "ramrod" ) A stick used to clean the barrel of a gun or to load a bullet into the barrel from the muzzle. A loaded arrow. A ramrod. A calcadon. ※Tales of the Soldiers (around 1683) Vol. 1 "When he had fired a bullet into his torso, he drew his calcador and put his gun on his belt."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (calcador 「槊杖(さくじょう)」からか) 銃の銃身の掃除や筒口から銃身に弾丸を込めたりするのに用いる棒。込み矢。槊杖。カルコづえ。※雑兵物語(1683頃)上「胴乱一ぱいぶちまけたらば、かるかをひん抜て、鉄炮を腰にひっばさけて」

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