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padlock

n. கொண்டிப்பூட்டு, (வினை.) கொண்டிப்பூட்டிட்டுப் பூட்டு.


Pad"lock`, n. Etym: [Perh. orig., a lock for a pad gate, or a gate opening to a path, or perh., a lock for a basket or pannier, and from Prov. E. pad a pannier. Cf. Pad a path, Paddler.] 1. A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc. 2. Fig.: A curb; a restraint. Pad"lock`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padlocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Padlocking.] Defn: To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock. Milton. Tennyson.


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