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padlock definition

pad·lock (pad′läk′)

noun

a removable lock with a hinged or pivoting link to be passed through a staple, chain, or eye

Etymology: ME padlocke < pad (< ?) + lokke, lock

transitive verb

  1. to fasten with or as with a padlock
  2. to close (a building) against entrance

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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