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rim lock

rim lock noun: a lock and plate fixed to the surface of a door rather than morticed within the door.

Noun

rim lock (plural rim locks)

  1. A lock and plate fixed to the surface of a door rather than morticed within the door.
    • The socket of the rim-lock tore off to one good heft of the shoulder, and we were in.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 82

rim lock meaning in Tamil

rim lock in Tamil

விளிம்புப் பூட்டு, விளிம்புப்பூட்டு

Forms of rim lock

pluralrim locks

Questions about rim lock

What does rim lock mean?
Rim lock means a lock and plate fixed to the surface of a door rather than morticed within the door.
What is rim lock in Tamil?
Rim lock in Tamil is விளிம்புப் பூட்டு, விளிம்புப்பூட்டு. See Rim lock meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rim lock?
Rim lock is a noun.
What is the plural of rim lock?
The plural of rim lock is rim locks.

Words near rim lock in the dictionary

  1. rim
  2. rim brake
  3. rim brakes
  4. rim job
  5. rim jobs
  6. rim lock
  7. rim locks
  8. rim out
  9. rim shot
  10. rim shots
  11. rim tape

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