handlock noun 4verb 3forms 3 noun4 •A hold for restraining another person by immobilizing their hand.Lisa gets me in a handlock and starts to kiss me. — 1987 •Immobilization of the hand. •A locking mechanism that operates by hand.This efficient assembly is mounted on anti-vibration points, and handlocks enable the trolley to be rigidly fixed in pre-set and intermediate focusing positions. — 1958 •A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.On the screen near the door is a handlock, so shaped as to fasten a man's hand whilst water, or perchance ale, was poured down the sleeve of his doublet. — 1898 verb3 •To restrain with, or as with, a handlock.With but a few exceptions, political establishments all over the world are handlocked by immobilism and the tight grip of the superpower's bid for global supremacy. — 1988 •To restrain by holding so as to immobilize the hand.'Vanity of vanities,' said Holdenough, smiling kindly at the same time, and still holding his recovered friend's arm inclosed and handlocked in his. — 1826 •To lock by means of a handlock.She turns, and closes, and handlocks the door. — 1983 formshandlocked · handlocking · handlocks
