
1) Cellar door securer 2) Door security 3) Fasten with a padlock 4) Hasp attachment 5) Lock 6) Securing device 7) Security device 8) Theft protection 9) To lock using a padlock 10) Yale turnout
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Padlocks are portable locks with a shackle that may be passed through an opening (such as a chain link, or hasp staple) to protect against unauthorized use, theft, vandalism, or harm. == History == There are padlocks dating to the Roman Era, 500 BC – 300 AD. They were known in early times by merchants traveling the ancient trade routes to Asia a...
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• (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 bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc. • (v. t.) To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by...
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(from the article `lock`) ...the rings are turned so that a particular word or number is formed, the spindle can be drawn out because slots inside the rings all fall in line. ...
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Pad'lock` noun [ Perh. orig., a lock for a
pad gate, or a gate opening to a
path , or perhaps , a lock for a basket or pannier, and from Prov. English
pad a pannier. Confer
Pad a path,
Paddler .]
1. A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivot...
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Pad'lock` transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Padlocked ;
present participle & verbal noun Padlocking .] To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.
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Padlock is British slang for the penis (cock).
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[
n] - a detachable lock 2. [v] - fasten with a padlock
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noun 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
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