WEDLOCKS
Noun
wedlocks
plural of wedlock
Source: Wiktionary
WEDLOCK
Wed"lock, n. Etym: [AS. wedlac a pledge, be trothal; wedd a pledge +
lac a gift, an offering. See Wed, n., and cf. Lake, v. i.,
Knowledge.]
1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. "That blissful
yoke . . . that men clepeth [call] spousal, or wedlock." Chaucer.
For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord or continual
strife Shak.
2. A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Syn.
– See Marriage.
Wed"lock, v. t.
Definition: To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] "Man thus
wedlocked." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition