<span class="searchmatch">tidal</span> <span class="searchmatch">locks</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">tidal</span> lock...
<span class="searchmatch">tidal</span> lock (plural <span class="searchmatch">tidal</span> <span class="searchmatch">locks</span>) (astronomy) Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">tidal</span> locking. 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version:...
tide lock (plural tide <span class="searchmatch">locks</span>) A lock situated between an enclosed basin or a canal and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they are on different...
minutes—then return to the first room, with his keys in hand—and sharply turn the <span class="searchmatch">locks</span>, and turn them again. […] [I]t was just as probable that these comings and...
*lūkan, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną. Related to luxe via Latin. lock (plural <span class="searchmatch">locks</span>) Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination...
boats can be raised or lowered between the waterway and sea level. Synonym: <span class="searchmatch">tidal</span> lock 1809, Sir John Carr, Caledonian Sketches, Or, A Tour Through Scotland...
published 1866, page 10: Her haffet-<span class="searchmatch">locks</span> hang wavin’ on her cheek; Her cheeks sae ruddy, an’ her een sae clear; Her side-<span class="searchmatch">locks</span> hang waving against her cheek;...
Cruising World, volume 29, number 12, page 40: This is an area of spectacular <span class="searchmatch">tidal</span> races, rips, swirls, boils, whirlpools, overfalls, currents, and countercurrents...