padlock
/ˈpædˌlɑk/ noun C2- A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle · He secured the gate with a heavy padlock.· The padlock was too rusty to open.
Plural padlocks
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In an instant he had cleared every obstacle away, and he saw successively the lock, placed between two padlocks, and the two handles at each end, all carved as things were carved at that epoch, when art rendered the commonest metals precious.
He sought to open it; lock and padlock were fastened; these faithful guardians seemed unwilling to surrender their trust.
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