Category:Padlock

Pad"lock`, n. Etym: [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.

Padlock Pad"lock`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padlocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Padlocking.]

Defn: to fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to Confine as by a padlock. Milton. Tennyson.