Definitions for: Padlock

[n] 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
[v] fasten with a padlock

Webster (1913) Definition: Pad"lock`, n. [Perh. orig., a lock for a pad gate, or
a gate opening to a path, or perh., a lock for a basket or
pannier, and from Prov. E. pad a pannier. Cf. Pad a path,
Paddler.]
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. Fig.: A curb; a restraint.

Pad"lock`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padlocked; p. pr. &
vb. n. Padlocking.]
To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to
confine as by a padlock. --Milton. Tennyson.

See Also: lock, lock, shackle

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