black match

See also: blackmatch

English

black match (plural black matches)

A pyrotechnic fuse consisting of a cotton string, coated with black powder.
Coordinate terms: (just a cotton string) slow match, (black match confined to a tube) quick match
- 2012 October, K.L. Kosanke, Barry T. Sturman, Robert M. Winokur, B.J. Kosanke, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Pyrotechnics: (and Related Subjects)‎^[1], Journal of Pyrotechnics, →ISBN, page 917:
  The burning of quick match is an example of propagative (i.e., pressure-driven) burning, whereas the burning of black match is described as parallel burning (see burn type, pyrotechnic).