waterlocked

[ waw-ter-lokt, wot-er- ]

adjective

Origin of waterlocked

1910–15; water + locked (past participle of lock¹)

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Water is king in California, and there are rivers of water locked in these mountains.
The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories | Margaret Collier Graham
The lives of the men and horses stranded on this little water-locked spot were in imminent peril.
Tenting on the Plains | Elizabeth B. Custer
The two men had struck the water locked in closest embrace, which relaxed not even when far below the surface.
The Cruise of the Cachalot | Frank T. Bullen

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