rim lock en · NOUN
Meanings
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A lock and plate fixed to the surface of a door rather than morticed within the door.
The socket of the rim-lock tore off to one good heft of the shoulder, and we were in.
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 82:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rim locks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |