stock lock

British  

noun

1. a lock that is enclosed in a wooden case

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lock, stock, and barrel Cultural  

1. The whole of anything: “Our new manager wants to reorganize the entire operation, lock, stock, and barrel.” The lock, stock, and barrel are the three parts of a rifle.

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lock, stock, and barrel Idioms  

1. The entirety; all of something. For example, Jean moved out of the house, lock, stock, and barrel. This expression alludes to the three elements of a firearm—the lock or firing mechanism, the stock or handle, and the barrel or tube. [Early 1800s]

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Example Sentences

This was of course no other than the roar of Curly's gun in the act of bursting and vanishing; for neither stock, lock, nor barrel was ever seen again.

From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George

I hate poets, stock, lock, and barrel; the whole seed, breed, and generation of them.

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

I’d eat my rifle, stock, lock and barrel, afore I’d own to sich shooting.

From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne

Don’t live to see me sold up, stock, lock, and barrel.

From Sir Hilton's Sin by Fenn, George Manville

Does this mean that my father has left me fifty pounds, and has left the rest, stock, lock and barrel, to his wife Martha.

From In Homespun by Nesbit, E. (Edith)