·noun Fig.: A curb; a restraint.
II. Padlock ·vt To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to Stop; to Shut; to confine as by a padlock.
III. Padlock ·noun A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, — used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, ·etc.