aldrop

English

Aldrop secured with padlocks

Etymology

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Noun

aldrop (plural aldrops)

1. (India) A type of bolt with a sliding shaft often found on doors.
   • 1969, Institution of Surveyors (India), Journal - Volume 10, page 28:

     Take lavatory door in a bath room. We normally provide aldrop from outside to keep it closed when not in use.

   • 1970, India. Development Commissioner, Small Scale Industries, Report, page 334:

     For aldrop complement centre hole punching the work-piece is held by hand on a supporting block under the fly press.

   • 2020, Ar. Radha K. Dhawad, “Sustainable Alternative Building Materials”, in Proceedings of First National Conference on Sustainability, page 235:

     They are maintenance free and easy to install at site, provided with in-built high quality aldrop hold protector, stronger than other door frame material available in the market and are provided with two different types of hinge fixing arrangements to suite specific requirements.

   • 2021, Madan Lal, A Homeland For Your Children:

     I had seen yesterday in Room no. 3 that the door had just a cheap aldrop on the inside.

   • 2022, Nihal Ahmed, The Rogue Professor of Bangalore Metropolitan College:

     As they inched closer, they could see the twelve-inch stainless steel Aldrop lock on the door.