prelockout en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + lockout.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Before a lockout.
His size, however, was considered a barrier, particularly when the prelockout N.H.L. seemed dominated by bigger and bigger players.
2008 March 24, Lynn Zinser, “A Rangers Rookie’s Stature Grows With Each Shootout Goal”, in New York Times:For the time being the BCC had won, but the unions recovered quickly and prelockout conditions concerning wage rates and craft prerogatives again prevailed.
2009, Dominic A. Pacyga, Chicago: a biography, page 151: