What (who) is padlock - definition
PORTABLE LOCK WITH A SHACKLE THAT MAY BE PASSED THROUGH AN OPENING
D-Lock; Padlocks
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![Central Pacific Railroad of Cal.]] brass boxcar padlock](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Central_Pacific_Railroad_of_Cal_brass_car_lock_1884.jpg?width=200 "Central Pacific Railroad of Cal.]] brass boxcar padlock")
![[[Viking Age]] padlock found at [[Birka]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viking Age lock.png?width=200 "[[Viking Age]] padlock found at [[Birka]].")
![Early padlock style, on the front gates of [[St. Peter's Basilica]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Early padlock.jpg?width=200 "Early padlock style, on the front gates of [[St. Peter's Basilica]]")
![Ottoman style handmade padlocks in [[Turkey]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TurkishHandmadePadlocks.jpg?width=200 "Ottoman style handmade padlocks in [[Turkey]]")
![Love padlocks]] by night on Butchers' Bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Love padlocks at Butchers' Bridge (Ljubljana).JPG?width=200 "Love padlocks]] by night on Butchers' Bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia.")
![A young man has trouble in finding the right key to fit the padlock on the woman's [[chastity belt]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A young man has trouble in finding the right key to fit the Wellcome V0038918.jpg?width=200 "A young man has trouble in finding the right key to fit the padlock on the woman's [[chastity belt]]")
padlock
¦ noun a detachable lock hanging by a pivoted hook on the object fastened.
¦ verb secure with a padlock.
Origin
C15: from pad- (of unknown origin) + lock1.
padlock
(padlocks, padlocking, padlocked)
1.
A padlock is a lock which is used for fastening two things together. It consists of a block of metal with a U-shaped bar attached to it. One end of the bar is released by turning a key in the lock.
They had put a padlock on the door of his flat.
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2.
If you padlock something, you lock it or fasten it to something else using a padlock.
Eddie parked his cycle against a lamp post and padlocked it...
VERB: V n, also V n to n
Padlock
·noun Fig.: A curb; a restraint.
II. Padlock ·vt To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to Stop; to Shut; to confine as by a padlock.
III. Padlock ·noun 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.
Wikipedia
Padlock
Padlocks are portable locks usually with a shackle that may be passed through an opening (such as a chain link, or hasp staple) to prevent use, theft, vandalism or harm.
Pronunciation examples for padlock
1. It's the padlock icon.
Privacyâs Blueprint _ Woodrow Hartzog _ Talks at Google
2. with this padlock of flesh.
Venuto al mondo
3. these sort of padlock icons might act
Privacyâs Blueprint _ Woodrow Hartzog _ Talks at Google
4. When people see the padlock icon they usually
Privacyâs Blueprint _ Woodrow Hartzog _ Talks at Google
5. To cut that padlock
and go in through the basement.
Red Dragon (2002)
Examples of use of padlock
1. The padlock ritual has spilled into a music video and inspired a prize _ "The Golden Padlock" _ awarded to the best love message on Valentine‘s Day.
2. The padlock ritual has spilled into a music video and inspired a prize – The Golden Padlock‘‘ – awarded to the best love message on Valentine‘s Day.
3. Check for the padlock symbol in the lower right of your browser window. (The padlock indicates that it‘s a secure site.
4. Each had a shiny, Chinese–made padlock on its door.
5. I‘m talking about housing, too." She points to the padlock on her aunt‘s gate.