handlock
handlock noun: a locking mechanism that operates by hand.
Noun
handlock (plural handlocks)
- A locking mechanism that operates by hand.
- This efficient assembly is mounted on anti-vibration points, and handlocks enable the trolley to be rigidly fixed in pre-set and intermediate focusing positions.1958, The British Journal of Photography Annual, page 368
- Rowe International, Inc., subsidiary of Triangle Industries, Inc., Whippany, N. J. BBC 8 combination coin and bill changer, features roller take-in feed, modular coin tubes, twist-out handlock that can be recombinated on location.1968, Vend - Volume 22, Part 2, page 80
- A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.
- Hugh MacGerrald, being duly sworn and examined, deposeth that he was apprehended by William Graeme, the Provost Marshal, who kept him seven days in his custody, tied with a handlock, and two several times the said Graham threatened to hang this examt. if he would not do service against Phelim...1884, Mary Agnes Hickson, Ireland in the seventeenth century
- The priest, being put into a handlock, is sent with a captain and a good guard of soldiers about this business, who guided them to a wood, six miles from the castle, by reason of thick briars and thorns almost impassable, in the midst whereof there is a hollow cave within the ground, not much...1896, Sir Thomas Stafford, Standish O'Grady, Pacata Hibernia: Or, A History of the Wars in Ireland During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth
- A hold for restraining another person by immobilizing their hand.
- Lisa gets me in a handlock and starts to kiss me.1987, Larry Bograd, Bernie Entertaining, page 100
- Slide air splint up your arm then grasp victim in a handlock while assisting first aider to apply traction to the arm.1988, Brent Q. Hafen, First Aid for Health Emergencies, page 292
- Immobilization of the hand.
- Typical hypnotic phenomena such as handlock, involuntary body immobility, and selective amnesia were produced by direct suggestion alone, without trance induction, although trance subjects showed more of the phenomena.1963, Ernest Adolf Spiegel, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry, page 616
Verb
handlock (third-person singular simple present handlocks, present participle handlocking, simple past and past participle handlocked)
- To restrain with, or as with, a handlock.
- With respect to the discipline of the place, there appeared to be but little coercion: two patients only were manacled to their beds, and four were handlocked; the two that were manacled to their beds, and the four that were handlocked, had merely been so, according to the statement of the Keeper...1836, Selection of Reports and Papers of the House of Commons
- Similarly, the burgesses for the city of Kilkenny were, on their return homewards from Parliament, made captive, and carried off handlocked by another servant of the Earl's, who swore at the time he led them away that he wished he had Henry VIII at one end of the handlock, and Viceroy Ormond at the...1859, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
- To lock by means of a handlock.
- She turns, and closes, and handlocks the door.1983, A. E. Van Vogt, Computerworld, page 130
- To restrain by holding so as to immobilize the hand.
- 'Vanity of vanities,' said Holdenough, smiling kindly at the same time, and still holding his recovered friend's arm inclosed and handlocked in his.1826, Sir Walter Scott, Woodstock
- This time, his mother handlocked him, picked him up, and forced him to get into her car.1970, California Journal for Instructional Improvement
Examples of handlock in a sentence
- "Handlock" deck covers are available for access to tank cleaning holes and other types of openings on barges, tankers and cargo vessels.1969, Marine Engineering/log - Volume 74, page 127:
- On the screen near the door is a handlock, so shaped as to fasten a man's hand whilst water, or perchance ale, was poured down the sleeve of his doublet.1898, James Samuel Stone, Woods and Dales of Derbyshire, page 116:
- He had him in a handlock but had not yet succeeded in placing his arm around behind him for handcuffing.1989, New York (State)., New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs:
- With but a few exceptions, political establishments all over the world are handlocked by immobilism and the tight grip of the superpower's bid for global supremacy.1988, Peter Schenkel, Eti: A Challenge for Change, page 85:
Forms of handlock
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | handlocks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | handlocks |
| present participle | handlocking |
| past participle | handlocked |
| past | handlocked |
Origin of handlock
From hand + lock.
Questions about handlock
- What does handlock mean?
- Handlock means a locking mechanism that operates by hand.
- How do you use handlock in a sentence?
- "Handlock" deck covers are available for access to tank cleaning holes and other types of openings on barges, tankers and cargo vessels.
- What part of speech is handlock?
- Handlock can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of handlock?
- The plural of handlock is handlocks.
Words near handlock in the dictionary
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