'Lock chamber' definitions:

Definition of 'lock chamber'

From: WordNet
noun
Enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it [syn: lock, lock chamber]

Definition of 'Lock chamber'

From: GCIDE
  • Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. l[=u]can to lock, fasten; akin to OS. l[=u]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[=u]hhan, Icel. l[=u]ka, Goth. l[=u]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf. Locket.]
  • 1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. [1913 Webster]
  • Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also lift lock. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Detector lock, a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with.
  • Lock bay (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.
  • Lock chamber, the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock.
  • Lock nut. See Check nut, under Check.
  • Lock plate, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached.
  • Lock rail (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearest the lock.
  • Lock rand (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.
  • Mortise lock, a door lock inserted in a mortise.
  • Rim lock, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a mortise lock. [1913 Webster]