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hindlock

hindlock noun: a tress or lock of an individual's hair that covers the hind-part of the head.

Noun

hindlock (plural hindlocks)

  1. A tress or lock of an individual's hair that covers the hind-part of the head.
    • They have the hind-lock of hair known as the kudumi, put on sacred ashes, and paint the point between the eyebrows with a sandal paste dot.1909, E. Thupston, Casstes and Tribes of Southern India, page 49
  2. An animal's, particularly a horse's, tail.
    • […] so that those dilatory persons who have not been able to take the old gentleman by the forelock, might catch him as easily as a brother of the sister isle catches a scampering bull by the hindlock, or tail: […]1822, The Brighton magazine, volume 1, page 235

Forms of hindlock

pluralhindlocks
alternative formhind-lock

Origin of hindlock

From hind + lock. Compare forelock.

Questions about hindlock

What does hindlock mean?
Hindlock means a tress or lock of an individual's hair that covers the hind-part of the head.
What part of speech is hindlock?
Hindlock is a noun.
What is the plural of hindlock?
The plural of hindlock is hindlocks.

Words near hindlock in the dictionary

  1. Hindleys
  2. hindlimb
  3. hindlimbs
  4. Hindlip
  5. Hindlish
  6. hindlock
  7. hindlocks
  8. hindlook
  9. Hindman
  10. Hindman's theorem
  11. Hindmans

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