'Padlock' definitions:

Definition of 'padlock'

From: WordNet
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
verb
Fasten with a padlock

Definition of 'Padlock'

From: GCIDE
  • Padlock \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: A curb; a restraint. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Padlock'

From: GCIDE
  • Padlock \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. [1913 Webster]

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