English Explanatory Dictionary

lockhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A house, often small, beside a canal or river lock, usually occupied by the lockkeeper (locktender) in centuries past, and in some places still so occupied today.

Word forms

lockhouse lockhouses

Etymology

From lock + house.

Related words

lock down lock through lock up tollhouse
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