A lightweight lock that attaches using a pivoting hook is called a padlock. Many high school students use lockers that can be locked with padlocks to keep their smelly gym clothes safe.
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.
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
n.
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.
n.
Fig.: A curb; a restraint.
v. t.
To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to
shut; to confine as by a padlock.
Padlock
Padlock
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.
To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.
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