Holding his rifle at full cock, slowly and deliberately he approached the bush.
His rifle on full cock, firmly grasped in his hands, he eagerly watched the bush.
I was on half-cock at the time, as the ground was dangerous to pass over with a gun on full cock, but I was just quick enough to knock her over before the high grass should conceal her at another step.
So quick was it that I had no time to replace the ramrod, and I threw it in the water, bringing my gun on full cock in the same instant.
Fiercely, with sharp emphasis, the sergeant brought his carbine to full cock.
Click, click went the hammer of his carbine to full cock.
Shoot if they touch that switch," says Drummond, and instantly the locks click as the hammers are brought to full cock.
The revolver should be cocked by putting the thumb on the hammer at as nearly a right angle to the hammer as possible, and by the action of the thumb muscles alone bringing the hammer back to the position of full cock.
The pistol is thus loaded, and the hammer at full cock.
Presently a very slight crack of a branch or bit of stick caused our guns to be raised to full cock, and we to peep about between the branches for a sight at whatever it might be.
For instance, when a Brother approaches the spot where a band is assembled, the sentinels, always concealed, challenge him by bringing their rifles to a full cock.
In a few minutes I distinctly heard the click of a musket lock, as the piece was brought to a full cock.
Bringing the piece to full cock is the challenge, and the answer is given by the challenged party full-cocking his piece, and instantly pulling the trigger, snapping the hammer.
Putting the gun to full cock, Golah walked on in the direction in which the sentry had been going.
The son and brother-in-law of Golah stood by with their muskets on full cock, and the first move any of Bill's companions could have made to assist him, would have been a signal for them to fire.
When the two guards had again resumed their former stations in front of the line, as before with their muskets at full cock, Golah advanced towards the woman, who, disengaging herself from her children, stood up at his approach.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "full cock" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
