Lock-down

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lock-down \Lock"-down`\, n.
     A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by
     lumbermen. [U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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