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PADLOCK
padlock
(noun) a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut
padlock
(verb) fasten with a padlock
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
padlock (plural padlocks)
A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle
Hypernyms
• lock
Verb
padlock (third-person singular simple present padlocks, present participle padlocking, simple past and past participle padlocked)
To lock using a padlock.
Source: Wiktionary
Pad"lock`, n. Etym: [Perh. orig., a lock for a pad gate, or a gate opening to a path, or perh., a lock for a basket or pannier, and from Prov. E. pad a pannier. Cf. Pad a path, Paddler.]
1. A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc.
2. Fig.: A curb; a restraint.
Pad"lock`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padlocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Padlocking.]
Definition: To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock. Milton. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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