Padlock

4 definitions found

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

  Padlock \Pad"lock`\, n. [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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Fig.: A curb; a restraint.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Padlock \Pad"lock`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Padlocked}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Padlocking}.]
     To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to
     confine as by a padlock. --Milton. Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  padlock
       n : 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
       v : fasten with a padlock

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "padlock":
     bang, bar, barricade, barrier, batten, batten down, bolt, button,
     button up, choke, choke off, clap, close, close up, constrict,
     contain, contract, cover, fasten, fold, fold up, key, latch, lock,
     lock out, lock up, occlude, plumb, seal, seal off, seal up, secure,
     shut, shut the door, shut up, slam, snap, squeeze shut, strangle,
     zip up, zipper