LOCKOUT
Lock"out`, n.
Defn: The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.
LOCKRAM
Lock"ram, n. Etym: [F. locrenan, locronan; from Locronan, in
Brittany, where it is said to have been made.]
Defn: A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany. Shak.
LOCKSMITH
Lock"smith`, n.
Defn: An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
LOCK STEP
Lock" step`
Defn: . A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him.
LOCK STITCH
Lock" stitch`
Defn: . A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch.