rim lock
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened. [1913 Webster]
2.A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. [1913 Webster]
Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages.— De Quincey.[1913 Webster]
3.A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
4.The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. [1913 Webster]
5.An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also lift lock. [1913 Webster]
6.That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc. [1913 Webster]
7.A device for keeping a wheel from turning. [1913 Webster]
8.A grapple in wrestling. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Detector lock, a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with.
Lock bay (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.
Lock chamber, the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock.
Lock nut. See Check nut, under Check.
Lock plate, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached.
Lock rail (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearest the lock.
Lock rand (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.
Mortise lock, a door lock inserted in a mortise.
Rim lock, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a mortise lock. [1913 Webster]
1.The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin. [1913 Webster]
2.The lower part of the abdomen. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Arch rim (Phonetics), the line between the gums and the palate.
Rim-fire cartridge. (Mil.) See under Cartridge.