n. [ Perh. orig., a lock for a pad gate, or a gate opening to a path, or perh., a lock for a basket or pannier, and from Prov. E. pad a pannier. Cf. Pad a path, Paddler. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Padlocked p. pr. & vb. n. Padlocking. ] To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock. Milton. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]