lockfast

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

lock +‎ fast

Adjective[edit]

lockfast (comparative more lockfast, superlative most lockfast)

  1. (Scotland) Fastened or secured with a lock.
    • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
      It was such a scene of confusion as you can hardly fancy. All the lockfast places had been broken open in quest of the chart.