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Padlocking

Padlock \Pad"lock`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padlocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Padlocking.] To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.
--Milton. Tennyson.

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padlocking

vb. (present participle of padlock English)

Usage examples of "padlocking".

Using these, they fastened Renny and the other two men securely, padlocking the ends of the chains around hull braces.