doglock

noun

Etymology

From dog + lock.

  1. inherited from *lūkaną
  2. inherited from *lūkan
  3. inherited from lūcan
  4. inherited from locken
  5. derived from *lewg-
  6. inherited from *luką
  7. inherited from *lok
  8. inherited from loc
  9. inherited from lok
  10. compounded as doglock — “dog + lock

Definitions

  1. The lock that preceded the true flintlock in both rifles and pistols in the 17th century.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for doglock. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA