Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Pistol carbine}, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and
      thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a
      carbine.

   {Pistol pipe} (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a
      furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form.

   {Pistol shot}.
   (a) The discharge of a pistol.
   (b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.