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

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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

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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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