What is "keyway"

Usage examples of "keyway".

She selected the wrench that seemed the right size and inserted it in the keyway, applying tension in the unlocking direction.

Sometimes you put a little bit of talcum powder on the lock, then press Plasticine into the keyway, pull it out and put it in a secure container so you can take imprints later.

I inserted the tension wrench into the bottom of the keyway opposite the pins and applied light pressure counterclockwise, in the direction I expected the lock to turn.

The bit stuttered violently, jumped out of the keyway, and skipped across the two-inch-wide shackle, spitting tiny sparks.

A spray of metal slivers swirled up from the keyway, spattered her face.

The entire blade, with all its tumbler-activating serrations, extended beyond the tip of the thumb, so it could be inserted easily into the keyway on the door of the motor home.

Galardo had started by bargaining and wound up by threatening, but how could you do anything but laugh at his best offer, a rusty five-pound spur gear with a worn keyway and three teeth missing?

Cranston took a hook shaped object out of his pocket and inserted it in the keyway of the lock.

Framed in the keyway of the lock, Cranston saw just a segment of the room.

She pulls it from the cleft between her ample breasts, glances back at him once again, smiling, and inserts it into the keyway in the door.

And that was strange, because as well as his memory served him (which right now was not very well), these cells had no keyways, because they were all opened and shut electronically.