Definition of Padlocking

1. Verb. (present participle of padlock) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Padlocking

1. padlock [v] - See also: padlock

Lexicographical Neighbors of Padlocking

padereros
padfolio
padfolios
padge
padges
padi
padis
padishah
padishahs
padkos
padle
padles
padless
padlock
padlocked
padlocking (current term)
padlocks
padma
padmaite
padmas
padnag
padnags
padouk
padouks
padow
padres
padri
padrone
padrones
padroni

Literary usage of Padlocking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1893)
"... and a padlocking >f the gates, and such dispersion of all servions as forbids any blue pennon drifting from he chimney-tops in winter, and any welcoming ..."

2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"To strengthen them they must be passed through the ring of the door (ie the ring used as the handle of a door, and also for padlocking it). ..."

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