LOCKDOWN

lockdown

(noun) the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

lockdown (countable and uncountable, plural lockdowns)

The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g. in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g. in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or pandemic, etc.

(US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.

Source: Wiktionary

Lock"-down`, n.

Definition: A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen. [U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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