 The modern equivalent of this sort of match is the simple fuse, still used in pyrotechnics to obtain a controlled time delay before ignition.The original meaning of the word still persists in some pyrotechnics terms, such as "black match" (a black-powder-impregnated fuse) and "Bengal match" (a firework akin to sparklers producing a relatively long-burning, coloured flame).But, when friction matches became commonplace, they became the main object meant by the term.