Definitions
fasten with a padlock
Word origin
From earlier pad lock (19th c.); Middle English padlock, padlokke, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok (“lock”). Perhaps originally a lock for a pad (“gate”), or a gate opening to a path, or a lock for a basket or pannier, from UK dialect pad (“a pannier”).
Used in a sentence
“Janitors padlock the gates.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Heavy door fastener”7 letters
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