lock-up

See also: lockup and lock up

English

Etymology

Deverbal from lock up.

Noun

lock-up (countable and uncountable, plural lock-ups)

1. Alternative form of lockup.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 68:

     At the top of George Street the Bear Inn, once the court house, has detached 17th-century columns supporting the upper floor. Close by is the old lock-up, dated 1824.

See also

• lock up

Anagrams

• uplock