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Padlock

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To lock using a padlock.

    "Janitors padlock the gates."

  2. 2
    fasten with a padlock wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From earlier pad lock (19th c.); Middle English padlock, padlokke, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok (“lock”). Perhaps originally a lock for a pad (“gate”), or a gate opening to a path, or a lock for a basket or pannier, from UK dialect pad (“a pannier”).

Etymology 2

From earlier pad lock (19th c.); Middle English padlock, padlokke, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok (“lock”). Perhaps originally a lock for a pad (“gate”), or a gate opening to a path, or a lock for a basket or pannier, from UK dialect pad (“a pannier”).

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