LOCKDOWN


Meaning of LOCKDOWN in English

/lok"down'/ , n.

the confining of prisoners to their cells, as following a riot or other disturbance.

[ 1970-75; LOCK 1 + -down, prob. extracted from nouns formed from phrasal verbs, such as CRACKDOWN, SHUTDOWN, etc. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .