Found 2 items, similar to safety lock.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: safety lock
safety lock
n 1: guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon
from being fired [syn:
safety catch]
2: a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate
[syn:
safety bolt]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: safety lock
Safety
\Safe"ty\, n. [Cf. F. sauvet['e].]
1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger
or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
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Up led by thee,
Into the heaven I have presumed,
An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down,
Return me to my native element. --Milton.
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2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from
liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the
quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence,
justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
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Would there were any safety in thy sex,
That I might put a thousand sorrows off,
And credit thy repentance! --Beau. & Fl.
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3. Preservation from escape; close custody.
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Imprison him, . . .
Deliver him to safety; and return. --Shak.
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4. (Amer. Football) the act or result of a ball-carrier on
the offensive team being tackled behind his own goal line,
or the downing of a ball behind the offensive team's own
goal line when it had been carried or propelled behind
that goal line by a player on the offensive tream; such a
play causes a score of two points to be awarded to the
defensive team; -- it is distinguished from
touchback,
when the ball is downed behind the goal after being
propelled there or last touched by a player of the
defending team. See
Touchdown. Same as
Safety touchdown
, below.
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5. Short for
Safety bicycle. [archaic]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
6. a switch on a firearm that locks the trigger and prevents
the firearm from being discharged unintentionally; -- also
called
safety catch,
safety lock, or
lock. [archaic]
[PJC]