rim lock

noun

A lock and plate fixed to the surface of a door rather than morticed within the door.

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Meanings

nounrim lock (plural rim locks)

plural rim locks

  1. A lock and plate fixed to the surface of a door rather than morticed within the door.

    The socket of the rim-lock tore off to one good heft of the shoulder, and we were in.

    1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 82
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APA

rim lock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rim%20lock

MLA

“rim lock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rim%20lock. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rim lock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rim%20lock.

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