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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Padlock

/păd'-läkˌ/ · Pad·lock · IPA /ˈpædˌlɑk/
01 n. 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 bol…
  1. 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. 2.
    A curb; a restraint.Fig.:
02 v. t. To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.
imp. & p. p. Padlocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Padlocking
  1. 1.
    To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.