The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. l[=u]can to lock, fasten; akin to OS. l[=u]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[=u]hhan, Icel. l[=u]ka, Goth. l[=u]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf. Locket.]
Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.
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A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages.
--De Quincey. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
--Dryden.The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also lift lock.
That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
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A grapple in wrestling.
--Milton.Detector lock, a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with.
Lock bay (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.
Lock chamber, the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock.
Lock nut. See Check nut, under Check.
Lock plate, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached.
Lock rail (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearest the lock.
Lock rand (Masonry), a range of bond stone.
--Knight.Mortise lock, a door lock inserted in a mortise.
Rim lock, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a mortise lock.
Usage examples of "lock plate".
It was connected to a bolt that held the inside chain-lock plate to the wall.
The damage he'd done to the lock plate meant it no longer latched, but he managed to jam it shut.
Silvers palmed his lock plate, entered, and began fixing a meal in the kitchen.
Moving to the light again, he examined the lock plate, noting tiny imperfections in the metal around the keyhole.
Moving to the light again, heexamined the lock plate, noting tiny imperfectionsin the metal around the keyhole.
Dusty grabbed the stock at midpoint, the revolving nut of the lock plate digging into the palm of his hand.
Cautiously, he began guiding the pick toward the keyhole but it repeatedly bounced off the lock plate.
Hand over hand, he exited, clipping his safety line to the recessed anchor beside the lock plate.