safety lock
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being firedSynonyms: safety catchsafety lock
- a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gateSynonyms: safety boltsafety lock
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss. [1913 Webster]
Up led by thee, Into the heaven I have presumed, An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down, Return me to my native element.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
2.Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc. [1913 Webster]
Would there were any safety in thy sex, That I might put a thousand sorrows off, And credit thy repentance!— Beau. & Fl.[1913 Webster]
3.Preservation from escape; close custody. [1913 Webster]
Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and return.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
4.(Amer. Football) the act or result of a ball-carrier on the offensive team being tackled behind his own goal line, or the downing of a ball behind the offensive team's own goal line when it had been carried or propelled behind that goal line by a player on the offensive tream; such a play causes a score of two points to be awarded to the defensive team; -- it is distinguished from touchback, when the ball is downed behind the goal after being propelled there or last touched by a player of the defending team. See Touchdown. Same as Safety touchdown, below. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
5.Short for Safety bicycle. [archaic] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
6.a switch on a firearm that locks the trigger and prevents the firearm from being discharged unintentionally; -- also called safety catch, safety lock, or lock. [archaic] [PJC]