time lock

American  

noun

1. a lock, as for the door of a bank vault, equipped with a mechanism that makes it impossible to operate the lock within certain hours.

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Etymology

Origin of time lock

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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time lock

Hari bought a kSafe, a plastic safe with a time lock.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2022

And once you find the right lender, “get a real time lock for 30 to 45 days.”

From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2021

There Annabel’s father proudly shows off its new state-of-the-art safe, equipped with a special time lock.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2021

But there's a time lock on the vault, which can not be overridden.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cashier, Ball, with a shifty falsehood, told him that they could not open that safe, for it was set on a time lock, and no one could open it before half-past nine o'clock.

From The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado by Emerson Hough