What does "padlock" mean?
Padlock: Fig.: A curb; a restraint.
Additional senses
- 2.To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock. Milton. Tennyson.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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