lockingn.

Brit.

/ˈlɒkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈlɑkɪŋ/

Forms: see lock v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lock v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < lock v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action or an act of locking something (in various senses of lock v.¹).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun]

locking1503

coarctinga1513

constraint1590

stint1593

coarctation1605

manacling1649

strait-waistcoating1859

hemming-in1905

strait-jacketing1950

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining > close fitting together of parts > interlocking

lock1563

locking1776

interlocking1854

interlock1874

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > by locking

obseration1658

lock-up1757

locking1892

1503 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) 132 The strublans done betuix Kitte Blacot and Thom Scharp in the lokkyn of the dur upon him be hir.

?1550 T. Becon Jewel of Joye sig. E.vi^v He is nothing dismayed, nor yet abashede, of hys bondes, chaines, and fetters, of his enprisonnyge, lockynge, & stockyng.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres 245 (margin) Locking of the gates.

1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions Index 7 A total locking of Cabinet-boxes.

1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 145 The locking of Headers and Stretchers together.

1785 F. Treves Surg. Appl. Anat. xxiv. 539 Complete displacement of any two vertebræ from one another is prevented by a locking of the posterior processes.

1814 C. Bell Syst. Operative Surg. (ed. 2) I. xv. 289 It is..the locking of the bones..which occasions the resistance by preventing the extension of the limb.

1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 134 The outside locking could not have been effected if it [sc. the key] had been in the lock.

1906 H. W. Fowler & F. G. Fowler King's Eng. iii. 178 The locking of arms is..only an elegant variation for clinging.

1989 InfoWorld 10 Apr. 71/1 We considered capabilities and convenience in data locking, specifically automatic and manual locking of records and files.

2004 Tool & Machinery Catal. 2005 (Axminster Power Tool Centre Ltd.) vii. 9/2 The traditional screw lock bevel..provides secure locking of the blade.

†b. spec. In hat making: the action of compressing (by hand) loose fur cut from skins, in preparation for the manufacture of felt hats. Obsolete. rare. [Used with reference to the interlocking of the fibres in felt: compare lock v.¹ 8.]

ΚΠ

1900 Factories & Workshops: Ann. Rep. Chief Inspector 1898: Pt. II 167 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 27) XI. 1 Locking... This is the last stage before the fur passes to the felt hat manufacturer—the trays of shaven fur..are taken to women who remove the outer edges, leaving only the fur of the back which they compact by pressing it in the hand and place it in a bag... In ‘locking’, the fur dressed with nitrate of mercury is handled by the workers.

1906 Factories & Workshops: Ann. Rep. Chief Inspector 1905 415 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3036) XV. 405 The brushing, after fur-pulling, of rabbit skins with an acid solution of nitrate of mercury (a process technically known as carotting), and..other stages subsequent to this, namely, stoving, cutting, locking and packing.

2. concrete.

†a. A lock. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > lock

lockOE

steekingc1400

locker1545

locking1632

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. 457 Close vp sayd he, this window..with lyme and stone, stop the holes of the doore with double Matts, hanging another locking to it.

b. Clockmaking and Watchmaking. The mechanism that momentarily and intermittently stops the movement of the escape wheel. Cf. locking pallet n. at Compounds 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > parts of

barrel1591

motion1605

bezel1616

fusee1622

string1638

crown wheel1646

out-case1651

watch-box1656

nuck1664

watchwork1667

balance-wheel1669

box1675

dial wheel1675

counter-potence1678

pendulum-balance1680

watch-case1681

pillar1684

contrate teeth1696

pinion of report1696

watch-hook1698

bob-balance1701

half-cock1701

potence1704

verge1704

pad1705

movable1709

jewel1711

pendant1721

crystal1722

watch-key1723

pendulum spring1728

lock spring1741

watch-glass1742

watch-spring1761

all-or-nothing piece1764

watch hand1764

cylinder1765

cannon?1780

cannon1802

stackfreed1819

pillar plate1821

little hand1829

hair-spring1830

lunette1832

all-or-nothing1843

locking1851

slag1857

staff1860

case spring1866

stem1866

balance-cock1874

watch-dial1875

balance-spring1881

balance-staff1881

Breguet spring1881

overcoil1881

surprise-piece1881

brass edge1884

button turn1884

fourth wheel1884

fusee-sink1884

pair-case1884

silver bar1884

silver piece1884

slang1884

top plate1884

karrusel1893

watch-face1893

watch bracelet1896

bar-movement1903

jewel pivot1907

jewel bearing1954

1786 Trans. Soc. Encouragem. Arts, Manuf., & Commerce 4 175 The locking cannot drop into its place again, therefore the Clock must chime and strike.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 410 Patent ‘diamond escapement’ as intended for the use of marine chronometers... The locking is intended to be jewelled.

1920 Jewelers' Circular 7 Apr. 153/3 Examine the freedom of the teeth. If the lockings are too shallow, with considerable shake inside, the wheel is too small.

2013 G. Daniels All in Good Time (new ed.) vii. 134 The unlubricated lockings showed traces of oxidation caused by the impact of the escape wheel teeth.

3. Civil Engineering. Cf. lock v.¹ 16.

a. The provision of locks on a canal or river; the locks collectively on a stretch of water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > canal > constructing canals > constructing locks

locking1766

lockwork1816

lockage1830

1766 Facts Proposed Canal Trent to Mersey 4 If this Canal should terminate in the River Weaver at Northwich, there must be 49 Feet of Locking between Middlewich and that Place.

1823 J. Colhoun Jrnl. in L. Kane et al. Northern Exped. Stephen Long (1978) 302 That portion of the river may be improved by locking and damming.

1911 E. J. Brady River Rovers 66 Echuca was..a port needing only a scientific system of river locking to give her perennial trade and prosperity.

1943 Triumphs of Engin. 228/2 This system of locking enables the canal engineer to get his barge traffic over considerable heights.

2003 M. Morukov in P. R. Gregory & V. Lazarev Econ. Forced Labor viii. 157 In the south, the locking of the Svir River and the deepening of its channel could be accomplished.

b. The action of lowering or raising a vessel on a canal or river by means of a lock or locks. Also with down, up.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > raising or lowering by lock

lockage1756

locking1792

1792 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation xiv. 361 The use, or locking down, is thus managed.

1792 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation xiv. 362 For ascending, or locking up, the boat being in the lock, the lower gates are shut.

1840 Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 122 They must enter by locking.

1860 Harper's Mag. July 146/1 The dull monotony of their lives is only relieved by the incidents attendant upon loading and unloading, ‘locking’ or ‘going over a plane’, interspersed with an occasional row.

1986 Motor Boat & Yachting July 90/3 The steel hull will take all the knocks and bumps of continual locking.

2009 Vogue (Nexis) Jan. 142 (In between intense bouts of locking), canal boats famously impose a slower, peaceful pace on frazzled, busy people.

Compounds

C1. With following adverbs, forming nouns of action corresponding to uses of lock v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1.

locking in n.

ΚΠ

1805 S. J. Pratt Fire & Frost iii. v, in Harvest-home II. 465 Lockings in, breakings out, forbidden correspondencies, runnings away.

1842 S. Smith in Railway Times 28 May 568/1 We have arranged our plan upon the locking-in system.

1921 E. von Arnim Vera xxx. 337 Where would one be without them [sc. bedrooms] and bathrooms,—places of legitimate lockings-in.

2010 E. Cox & V. Johnson in M. Peters et al. Low Carbon Communities ii. viii. 128 The locking-in of consumers into unsustainable consumption patterns.

locking up n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > investment > other types of investing or investment

perpetual1833

fundholding1835

capital investment1842

floating1888

flotation1889

carried interest1908

ethical investment1915

National Savings1919

locking up1924

ploughing-back1924

foreign portfolio investment1951

inward investment1962

round-tripping1973

short-termism1986

1582 E. Fenton in E. G. R. Taylor Troublesome Voy. Capt. E. Fenton (1959) 89 Tooke ordre for the locking upp of the Stewarde rowme.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. v. 41 There is No danger in what shew of death it makes, More then the locking vp the Spirits a time.

1685 R. Huntington Let. 24 Mar. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) VI. 108 If our Liturgy were likewise translated [into Irish], we should wholy remove from ourselves, what we charge the Romanists withall, the locking up of our Religion in an unknown tong.

1756 J. Hawkesworth Amphitryon iv. i. 37 How now! what means the locking up of my Doors at this Time of Day?

1860 J. W. Carlyle Let. 3 Sept. (1883) I. 179 All the hateful preparatory lockings up and packings well over.

1924 K. le Cheminant Colonial & Foreign Banking Syst. iii. i. 114 The locking up of a large proportion of a bank's assets in investments in industrial shares..is an uncertain source of profit for the banks.

2000 J. Dawson Fred & Edie (2002) 168 To consider..whether Mr Carlton would mind terribly if she allowed me to do the locking up and the float and the takings again, three nights in a row.

C2. Chiefly Mechanics, denoting parts used to prevent the movement of something, or to engage one piece of a mechanism with another.

locking bar n.

ΚΠ

1772 W. Bailey Advancem. Arts, Manuf., & Commerce I. iv. i. 166 The Locking-bar, which receives the shoulders of the jacks.

1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 75 The ‘Locking Bar’..is chiefly applied to siding points to prevent their being moved while a train is passing over them.

2003 Daily Tel. 28 Aug. 23/7 My father was kept busy listening to and answering the bells of the block instruments and, with a marvellous wrist action, casually flicking over the heavy levers with his right hand, while his left fist pushed down the locking bar.

locking bolt n.

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1803 Repertory Arts, Manuf., & Agric. 3 176 He must then give the line a sudden pull, by which means he draws the pump piece, and lets go the locking bolt, which springs into the locking plate.

1915 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 6 Apr. 294/2 In a lock, a swinging locking bolt..mounted within said lock upon a door for engaging a keeper.

1998 P. Sweeney Gunsmithing: Pistols & Revolvers iv. 43/2 Pull the center pin out, remove the cylinder, and look at the locking bolt.

locking box n.

ΚΠ

1813 ‘T. Martin’ Circle Mech. Arts 249/2 Each of the pulleys of the vertical spindles..can at any time be united thereto to give them motion by a locking box bayonet z, which is cast in or out of action at pleasure by a small lever.

1903 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 10 Nov. 468/2 A locking-box having a bolt for engaging said collar and holding the switch in the open position.

1979 G. Liddy Out of Control i. 10 Inside the locking box, the tumblers were of nonconductive plastic rather than metal so as to defeat a sonic device seeking to line up the gates by wavelength variances.

locking brace n.

ΚΠ

1859 U.S. Patent 26,028 1/2 Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the inner retort, showing the locking braces..when locked and when unlocked.

2004 J. Kelsey Field Guide Tools 70 Open the ladder and flip its tool shelf down. If the hinge mechanism includes a locking brace, be sure to lock it.

locking clutch n.

ΚΠ

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 38 A locking clutch is fitted upon the spindle between these two wheels.

1914 Internal Combustion Engin. 12 Aug. 334/2 The hand wheel operating the locking clutch is conveniently close.

2007 M. J. Nunney Light & Heavy Vehicle Technol. (ed. 4) xx. 429/2 The actuation of the locking clutch is usually performed through an air shift unit.

locking pole n.

ΚΠ

1793 Trans. Soc. Arts 11 293 A cart..with a locking-pole fixed to the wheel.

1875 U.S. Patent 162,190 1/1 A baggage-truck, having the two pivoted axles e, and the locking-poles n, substantially as described and shown.

2012 A. Motion Silver: Return to Treasure Island xxviii. 303 He wiped a hand across his face like someone smearing away cobwebs, then closed the door and slid the locking-pole into position.

locking ring n.

ΚΠ

1848 W. Pole in tr. E. Alban High-pressure Steam Engine iii. 251 The necessity of locking the screws of the piston-ring is..provided for by several familiar expedients, such as the locking-ring, &c.

1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 84 The locking ring may come out and R/T trouble will result because the plug has not locked into the..circuit.

2000 P. Vincent Mountain Bike Maintenance 31/2 Place any circular shims over the centre section followed by the locking ring, which tightens in an anti-clockwise direction.

C3.

locking frame n. Railways that part of a lever frame containing the mechanism which interlocks the levers for controlling different signals and points, ensuring that they can only be operated in a prescribed sequence; cf. interlock v. 3, lever frame n. (a) at lever n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1868 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 1867–8 27 426 There are in the locking-frame thirty-two slides and about one thousand locks.

1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 71 The ‘locking-frame’ consists of a row of levers by means of which the signalman actuates every pair of points and every signal under his control.

2010 Jrnl. Building Appraisal 5 313 A typical signal box would be..two storey with the locking frame housed at ground level and the signalling accommodation on the first floor.

locking pallet n. Clockmaking and Watchmaking a pallet (pallet n.³ 2) that momentarily stops the motion of an escape wheel until it is next released; cf. locking piece n.

ΚΠ

1801 Trans. Soc. Arts 19 336 The arm of the locking pallets continued at the other end to make it poise, having studs and screws to adjust and bank the quantity of motion.

1816 Mechanic 1 373 A semi-cylindrical pin called the locking-pallet.

2013 R. Du & L. Xie Mechanics Mech. Watches & Clocks ii. 22 The spring detent escapement..consists of an escape wheel, a roller with an impulse pallet and a locking pallet, as well as a detent made of a blade, a horn and a spring.

locking piece n. Clockmaking and Watchmaking a piece that momentarily stops the motion of an escape wheel until it is next released; cf. locking pallet n.

ΚΠ

1744 J. Neale Longitude Delineated (ed. 2) (Advt. following p. 27) It [sc. a Quadrant for the Pocket] works upon the same Principles as a Watch with the Seconds in the Centre, that so soon as the Observation be taken, by touching the Locking Piece the hands remain fixt.

?1785 J. Imison School of Arts 236 And the notches of the plate B, serve to let the locking-piece C fall into; which comes from the detent D.

2010 C. McKay Big Ben xvii. 248/2 To recommence operation, the quarter-striking locking piece is disengaged from the arrestor hook just before the fourth quarter is to sound and the turnbuckle is then released to enable hours striking to take place.

locking spring n. a spring that keeps closed something that can be opened by a catch, esp. the cover of a watch.

ΚΠ

1678 London Gaz. No. 1296/4 The locking Spring being lost from the Watch.

1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 311 They..excel in what is called motion-work, such as dial wheels, locking springs [etc.].

2001 Treasure Hunting Feb. 45/1 Initially, folding knives had no locking spring.

locking stone n. (a) Clockmaking and Watchmaking a locking pallet in the form of a ruby or other jewel; (b) = keystone n.¹ 1a.

ΚΠ

1866 Horol. Jrnl. June 113/1 This has been done by taking the same lever and pallet-piece, merely having little larger holes, to fix ruby-pins into, in the shape of the locking stone in the detent spring of a chronometer.

1911 Proc. Brit. Acad. 1909–10 144 Hegel has compared the man of genius in his relation to his age to one who places the last and locking-stone in an arch.

1998 E. Best Crit. & Exegetic Comm. Ephesians 284 The evidence only suggests a stone in the upper part of a building, not a locking stone.

2011 G. Daniels Watchmaking (rev. ed.) vii. 190 Make an octagonal pin as described for the detent locking stone.

locking wheel n. (a) a wheel with short notches round the edge designed so that inserting something into a notch stops the wheel from turning; (Clockmaking and Watchmaking) a locking plate (locking plate n. 2) or count-wheel; †(b) a mechanism for keeping a carriage stable when going over obstacles, consisting of a large pivoting iron ring fixed horizontally underneath the carriage body and bearing on the axle trees (obsolete rare).

ΚΠ

1696 W. Derham Artific. Clock-maker i. 6 Besides these, there are the Pinion of Report..which driveth round the Locking-Wheel, called also the Count-Wheel.

1828 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 14 122 A circular horizontal locking wheel formed of iron, is affixed to the front part of the carriage.

1917 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 6 Mar. 40/2 In a wheel plow..notched locking wheels on said shaft and sleeve.

1963 Pop. Mech. Sept. 163/1 The top of the block is recessed to accommodate a locking wheel which incorporates a screw to fit the camera's tripod socket.

1972 H. C. Kelly Clock Repairing as Hobby v. 54 The stop lever SL, accordingly, drops and engages the pin SP on the locking wheel and the striking ceases.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	locking
释义	lockingn. Brit. /ˈlɒkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɑkɪŋ/ Forms: see lock v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lock v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < lock v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action or an act of locking something (in various senses of lock v.¹). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] locking1503 coarctinga1513 constraint1590 stint1593 coarctation1605 manacling1649 strait-waistcoating1859 hemming-in1905 strait-jacketing1950 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining > close fitting together of parts > interlocking lock1563 locking1776 interlocking1854 interlock1874 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > by locking obseration1658 lock-up1757 locking1892 1503 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) 132 The strublans done betuix Kitte Blacot and Thom Scharp in the lokkyn of the dur upon him be hir. ?1550 T. Becon Jewel of Joye sig. E.vi^v He is nothing dismayed, nor yet abashede, of hys bondes, chaines, and fetters, of his enprisonnyge, lockynge, & stockyng. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres 245 (margin) Locking of the gates. 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions Index 7 A total locking of Cabinet-boxes. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 145 The locking of Headers and Stretchers together. 1785 F. Treves Surg. Appl. Anat. xxiv. 539 Complete displacement of any two vertebræ from one another is prevented by a locking of the posterior processes. 1814 C. Bell Syst. Operative Surg. (ed. 2) I. xv. 289 It is..the locking of the bones..which occasions the resistance by preventing the extension of the limb. 1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 134 The outside locking could not have been effected if it [sc. the key] had been in the lock. 1906 H. W. Fowler & F. G. Fowler King's Eng. iii. 178 The locking of arms is..only an elegant variation for clinging. 1989 InfoWorld 10 Apr. 71/1 We considered capabilities and convenience in data locking, specifically automatic and manual locking of records and files. 2004 Tool & Machinery Catal. 2005 (Axminster Power Tool Centre Ltd.) vii. 9/2 The traditional screw lock bevel..provides secure locking of the blade. †b. spec. In hat making: the action of compressing (by hand) loose fur cut from skins, in preparation for the manufacture of felt hats. Obsolete. rare. [Used with reference to the interlocking of the fibres in felt: compare lock v.¹ 8.] ΚΠ 1900 Factories & Workshops: Ann. Rep. Chief Inspector 1898: Pt. II 167 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 27) XI. 1 Locking... This is the last stage before the fur passes to the felt hat manufacturer—the trays of shaven fur..are taken to women who remove the outer edges, leaving only the fur of the back which they compact by pressing it in the hand and place it in a bag... In ‘locking’, the fur dressed with nitrate of mercury is handled by the workers. 1906 Factories & Workshops: Ann. Rep. Chief Inspector 1905 415 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3036) XV. 405 The brushing, after fur-pulling, of rabbit skins with an acid solution of nitrate of mercury (a process technically known as carotting), and..other stages subsequent to this, namely, stoving, cutting, locking and packing. 2. concrete. †a. A lock. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > lock lockOE steekingc1400 locker1545 locking1632 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. 457 Close vp sayd he, this window..with lyme and stone, stop the holes of the doore with double Matts, hanging another locking to it. b. Clockmaking and Watchmaking. The mechanism that momentarily and intermittently stops the movement of the escape wheel. Cf. locking pallet n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > parts of barrel1591 motion1605 bezel1616 fusee1622 string1638 crown wheel1646 out-case1651 watch-box1656 nuck1664 watchwork1667 balance-wheel1669 box1675 dial wheel1675 counter-potence1678 pendulum-balance1680 watch-case1681 pillar1684 contrate teeth1696 pinion of report1696 watch-hook1698 bob-balance1701 half-cock1701 potence1704 verge1704 pad1705 movable1709 jewel1711 pendant1721 crystal1722 watch-key1723 pendulum spring1728 lock spring1741 watch-glass1742 watch-spring1761 all-or-nothing piece1764 watch hand1764 cylinder1765 cannon?1780 cannon1802 stackfreed1819 pillar plate1821 little hand1829 hair-spring1830 lunette1832 all-or-nothing1843 locking1851 slag1857 staff1860 case spring1866 stem1866 balance-cock1874 watch-dial1875 balance-spring1881 balance-staff1881 Breguet spring1881 overcoil1881 surprise-piece1881 brass edge1884 button turn1884 fourth wheel1884 fusee-sink1884 pair-case1884 silver bar1884 silver piece1884 slang1884 top plate1884 karrusel1893 watch-face1893 watch bracelet1896 bar-movement1903 jewel pivot1907 jewel bearing1954 1786 Trans. Soc. Encouragem. Arts, Manuf., & Commerce 4 175 The locking cannot drop into its place again, therefore the Clock must chime and strike. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 410 Patent ‘diamond escapement’ as intended for the use of marine chronometers... The locking is intended to be jewelled. 1920 Jewelers' Circular 7 Apr. 153/3 Examine the freedom of the teeth. If the lockings are too shallow, with considerable shake inside, the wheel is too small. 2013 G. Daniels All in Good Time (new ed.) vii. 134 The unlubricated lockings showed traces of oxidation caused by the impact of the escape wheel teeth. 3. Civil Engineering. Cf. lock v.¹ 16. a. The provision of locks on a canal or river; the locks collectively on a stretch of water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > canal > constructing canals > constructing locks locking1766 lockwork1816 lockage1830 1766 Facts Proposed Canal Trent to Mersey 4 If this Canal should terminate in the River Weaver at Northwich, there must be 49 Feet of Locking between Middlewich and that Place. 1823 J. Colhoun Jrnl. in L. Kane et al. Northern Exped. Stephen Long (1978) 302 That portion of the river may be improved by locking and damming. 1911 E. J. Brady River Rovers 66 Echuca was..a port needing only a scientific system of river locking to give her perennial trade and prosperity. 1943 Triumphs of Engin. 228/2 This system of locking enables the canal engineer to get his barge traffic over considerable heights. 2003 M. Morukov in P. R. Gregory & V. Lazarev Econ. Forced Labor viii. 157 In the south, the locking of the Svir River and the deepening of its channel could be accomplished. b. The action of lowering or raising a vessel on a canal or river by means of a lock or locks. Also with down, up. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > raising or lowering by lock lockage1756 locking1792 1792 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation xiv. 361 The use, or locking down, is thus managed. 1792 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation xiv. 362 For ascending, or locking up, the boat being in the lock, the lower gates are shut. 1840 Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 122 They must enter by locking. 1860 Harper's Mag. July 146/1 The dull monotony of their lives is only relieved by the incidents attendant upon loading and unloading, ‘locking’ or ‘going over a plane’, interspersed with an occasional row. 1986 Motor Boat & Yachting July 90/3 The steel hull will take all the knocks and bumps of continual locking. 2009 Vogue (Nexis) Jan. 142 (In between intense bouts of locking), canal boats famously impose a slower, peaceful pace on frazzled, busy people. Compounds C1. With following adverbs, forming nouns of action corresponding to uses of lock v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1. locking in n. ΚΠ 1805 S. J. Pratt Fire & Frost iii. v, in Harvest-home II. 465 Lockings in, breakings out, forbidden correspondencies, runnings away. 1842 S. Smith in Railway Times 28 May 568/1 We have arranged our plan upon the locking-in system. 1921 E. von Arnim Vera xxx. 337 Where would one be without them [sc. bedrooms] and bathrooms,—places of legitimate lockings-in. 2010 E. Cox & V. Johnson in M. Peters et al. Low Carbon Communities ii. viii. 128 The locking-in of consumers into unsustainable consumption patterns. locking up n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > investment > other types of investing or investment perpetual1833 fundholding1835 capital investment1842 floating1888 flotation1889 carried interest1908 ethical investment1915 National Savings1919 locking up1924 ploughing-back1924 foreign portfolio investment1951 inward investment1962 round-tripping1973 short-termism1986 1582 E. Fenton in E. G. R. Taylor Troublesome Voy. Capt. E. Fenton (1959) 89 Tooke ordre for the locking upp of the Stewarde rowme. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. v. 41 There is No danger in what shew of death it makes, More then the locking vp the Spirits a time. View more context for this quotation 1685 R. Huntington Let. 24 Mar. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) VI. 108 If our Liturgy were likewise translated [into Irish], we should wholy remove from ourselves, what we charge the Romanists withall, the locking up of our Religion in an unknown tong. 1756 J. Hawkesworth Amphitryon iv. i. 37 How now! what means the locking up of my Doors at this Time of Day? 1860 J. W. Carlyle Let. 3 Sept. (1883) I. 179 All the hateful preparatory lockings up and packings well over. 1924 K. le Cheminant Colonial & Foreign Banking Syst. iii. i. 114 The locking up of a large proportion of a bank's assets in investments in industrial shares..is an uncertain source of profit for the banks. 2000 J. Dawson Fred & Edie (2002) 168 To consider..whether Mr Carlton would mind terribly if she allowed me to do the locking up and the float and the takings again, three nights in a row. C2. Chiefly Mechanics, denoting parts used to prevent the movement of something, or to engage one piece of a mechanism with another. locking bar n. ΚΠ 1772 W. Bailey Advancem. Arts, Manuf., & Commerce I. iv. i. 166 The Locking-bar, which receives the shoulders of the jacks. 1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 75 The ‘Locking Bar’..is chiefly applied to siding points to prevent their being moved while a train is passing over them. 2003 Daily Tel. 28 Aug. 23/7 My father was kept busy listening to and answering the bells of the block instruments and, with a marvellous wrist action, casually flicking over the heavy levers with his right hand, while his left fist pushed down the locking bar. locking bolt n. ΚΠ 1803 Repertory Arts, Manuf., & Agric. 3 176 He must then give the line a sudden pull, by which means he draws the pump piece, and lets go the locking bolt, which springs into the locking plate. 1915 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 6 Apr. 294/2 In a lock, a swinging locking bolt..mounted within said lock upon a door for engaging a keeper. 1998 P. Sweeney Gunsmithing: Pistols & Revolvers iv. 43/2 Pull the center pin out, remove the cylinder, and look at the locking bolt. locking box n. ΚΠ 1813 ‘T. Martin’ Circle Mech. Arts 249/2 Each of the pulleys of the vertical spindles..can at any time be united thereto to give them motion by a locking box bayonet z, which is cast in or out of action at pleasure by a small lever. 1903 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 10 Nov. 468/2 A locking-box having a bolt for engaging said collar and holding the switch in the open position. 1979 G. Liddy Out of Control i. 10 Inside the locking box, the tumblers were of nonconductive plastic rather than metal so as to defeat a sonic device seeking to line up the gates by wavelength variances. locking brace n. ΚΠ 1859 U.S. Patent 26,028 1/2 Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the inner retort, showing the locking braces..when locked and when unlocked. 2004 J. Kelsey Field Guide Tools 70 Open the ladder and flip its tool shelf down. If the hinge mechanism includes a locking brace, be sure to lock it. locking clutch n. ΚΠ 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 38 A locking clutch is fitted upon the spindle between these two wheels. 1914 Internal Combustion Engin. 12 Aug. 334/2 The hand wheel operating the locking clutch is conveniently close. 2007 M. J. Nunney Light & Heavy Vehicle Technol. (ed. 4) xx. 429/2 The actuation of the locking clutch is usually performed through an air shift unit. locking pole n. ΚΠ 1793 Trans. Soc. Arts 11 293 A cart..with a locking-pole fixed to the wheel. 1875 U.S. Patent 162,190 1/1 A baggage-truck, having the two pivoted axles e, and the locking-poles n, substantially as described and shown. 2012 A. Motion Silver: Return to Treasure Island xxviii. 303 He wiped a hand across his face like someone smearing away cobwebs, then closed the door and slid the locking-pole into position. locking ring n. ΚΠ 1848 W. Pole in tr. E. Alban High-pressure Steam Engine iii. 251 The necessity of locking the screws of the piston-ring is..provided for by several familiar expedients, such as the locking-ring, &c. 1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 84 The locking ring may come out and R/T trouble will result because the plug has not locked into the..circuit. 2000 P. Vincent Mountain Bike Maintenance 31/2 Place any circular shims over the centre section followed by the locking ring, which tightens in an anti-clockwise direction. C3. locking frame n. Railways that part of a lever frame containing the mechanism which interlocks the levers for controlling different signals and points, ensuring that they can only be operated in a prescribed sequence; cf. interlock v. 3, lever frame n. (a) at lever n.¹ Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1868 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 1867–8 27 426 There are in the locking-frame thirty-two slides and about one thousand locks. 1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 71 The ‘locking-frame’ consists of a row of levers by means of which the signalman actuates every pair of points and every signal under his control. 2010 Jrnl. Building Appraisal 5 313 A typical signal box would be..two storey with the locking frame housed at ground level and the signalling accommodation on the first floor. locking pallet n. Clockmaking and Watchmaking a pallet (pallet n.³ 2) that momentarily stops the motion of an escape wheel until it is next released; cf. locking piece n. ΚΠ 1801 Trans. Soc. Arts 19 336 The arm of the locking pallets continued at the other end to make it poise, having studs and screws to adjust and bank the quantity of motion. 1816 Mechanic 1 373 A semi-cylindrical pin called the locking-pallet. 2013 R. Du & L. Xie Mechanics Mech. Watches & Clocks ii. 22 The spring detent escapement..consists of an escape wheel, a roller with an impulse pallet and a locking pallet, as well as a detent made of a blade, a horn and a spring. locking piece n. Clockmaking and Watchmaking a piece that momentarily stops the motion of an escape wheel until it is next released; cf. locking pallet n. ΚΠ 1744 J. Neale Longitude Delineated (ed. 2) (Advt. following p. 27) It [sc. a Quadrant for the Pocket] works upon the same Principles as a Watch with the Seconds in the Centre, that so soon as the Observation be taken, by touching the Locking Piece the hands remain fixt. ?1785 J. Imison School of Arts 236 And the notches of the plate B, serve to let the locking-piece C fall into; which comes from the detent D. 2010 C. McKay Big Ben xvii. 248/2 To recommence operation, the quarter-striking locking piece is disengaged from the arrestor hook just before the fourth quarter is to sound and the turnbuckle is then released to enable hours striking to take place. locking spring n. a spring that keeps closed something that can be opened by a catch, esp. the cover of a watch. ΚΠ 1678 London Gaz. No. 1296/4 The locking Spring being lost from the Watch. 1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 311 They..excel in what is called motion-work, such as dial wheels, locking springs [etc.]. 2001 Treasure Hunting Feb. 45/1 Initially, folding knives had no locking spring. locking stone n. (a) Clockmaking and Watchmaking a locking pallet in the form of a ruby or other jewel; (b) = keystone n.¹ 1a. ΚΠ 1866 Horol. Jrnl. June 113/1 This has been done by taking the same lever and pallet-piece, merely having little larger holes, to fix ruby-pins into, in the shape of the locking stone in the detent spring of a chronometer. 1911 Proc. Brit. Acad. 1909–10 144 Hegel has compared the man of genius in his relation to his age to one who places the last and locking-stone in an arch. 1998 E. Best Crit. & Exegetic Comm. Ephesians 284 The evidence only suggests a stone in the upper part of a building, not a locking stone. 2011 G. Daniels Watchmaking (rev. ed.) vii. 190 Make an octagonal pin as described for the detent locking stone. locking wheel n. (a) a wheel with short notches round the edge designed so that inserting something into a notch stops the wheel from turning; (Clockmaking and Watchmaking) a locking plate (locking plate n. 2) or count-wheel; †(b) a mechanism for keeping a carriage stable when going over obstacles, consisting of a large pivoting iron ring fixed horizontally underneath the carriage body and bearing on the axle trees (obsolete rare). ΚΠ 1696 W. Derham Artific. Clock-maker i. 6 Besides these, there are the Pinion of Report..which driveth round the Locking-Wheel, called also the Count-Wheel. 1828 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 14 122 A circular horizontal locking wheel formed of iron, is affixed to the front part of the carriage. 1917 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 6 Mar. 40/2 In a wheel plow..notched locking wheels on said shaft and sleeve. 1963 Pop. Mech. Sept. 163/1 The top of the block is recessed to accommodate a locking wheel which incorporates a screw to fit the camera's tripod socket. 1972 H. C. Kelly Clock Repairing as Hobby v. 54 The stop lever SL, accordingly, drops and engages the pin SP on the locking wheel and the striking ceases. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1503
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