double-lock
Americanverb (used with object)
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to lock with two turns of a key, so that a second bolt is engaged.
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to fasten with particular care.
Etymology
Origin of double-lock
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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"Anyone could have stolen my notebook; I didn't double-lock my door that day."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
He heard Chitta double-lock the door to their rooms.
From The Azure Rose A Novel by Reginald Wright Kauffman
Let her double-lock her chamber door, or pace in restlessness the echoing halls, Ethel Brand's bequest has come like a curse to poor Margaret.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
Naturally gay, he would double-lock himself in when he wished to laugh.
From The Mystery of Orcival by Émile Gaboriau
So Mr. Dalroyd continued to lock and double-lock his door at night and, in the morning, seated before his mirror, to watch Joseph the obsequious therein: as he was doing now.
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol
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