noun fig.: a curb; a restraint.
2. padlock ·vt to fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.
3. padlock ·noun a portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, ·etc.