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
For the convenience of his transportation, the serf had left it half open, only taking the precaution to close and double-lock the door of the grand staircase.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels by Hawthorne, Julian
Naturally gay, he would double-lock himself in when he wished to laugh.
From The Mystery of Orcival by Gaboriau, Émile
The front door armed with the exaggerated defenses of an earlier period in building tempted him to lock and double-lock it, to draw each bolt and to fasten the two clanking chains.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
Now come and double-lock me in my room, for I feel a paroxysm coming on.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels by Hawthorne, Julian
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