Bramah lock

noun

A kind of high-security axial wafer lock.

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Meanings

nounBramah lock (plural Bramah locks)

plural Bramah locks

  1. historicalA kind of high-security axial wafer lock.

Origin

After the inventor, Joseph Bramah.

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APA

Bramah lock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bramah%20lock

MLA

“Bramah lock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bramah%20lock. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bramah lock,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bramah%20lock.

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