Definition of Cylinder lock

1. Noun. A lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt; tumblers are pins; inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate.

Generic synonyms: Lock
Terms within: Pin, Pin Tumbler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cylinder Lock

cyfluthrin
cygnet
cygnets
cygnine
cyhalothrin
cyheptamide
cyle
cylices
cylinder
cylinder-head-sector
cylinder block
cylinder function
cylinder functions
cylinder head
cylinder heads
cylinder lock (current term)
cylinder press
cylinder retinoscopy
cylindered
cylindering
cylinders
cylindraceous
cylindraxis
cylindric
cylindrical
cylindrical bronchiectasis
cylindrical epithelium
cylindrical lens
cylindrical lining
cylindricality

Literary usage of Cylinder lock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"The first cylinder-lock or escutcheon was invented by Linus Yale about the year 1860, and for a number of years the "Yale" lock was the only cylinder-lock ..."

2. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1906)
"The first cylinder lock or escutcheon was invented by Linus Yale about the year 1860, and for a number of years the " Yale " lock was the only cylinder lock ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1909)
"The cylinder lock of this type is illustrated in Fig. ... The Yule type of cylinder lock, which is illustrated in Fig. 45 (a) and (b), is much preferred, ..."

4. Builders' Hardware: A Manual for Architects, Builders and House Furnishers by Clarence Howard Blackall (1889)
"The patents to a very interesting cylinder-lock are controlled by the Yale &. Towne Manufacturing Company. The winn Look. " Winn " lock. ..."

5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"It makes no difference whether a Yale cylinder lock or a Yale ... A Yale Night-Latch is a Yale cylinder lock from the outside, opened only by its own key. ..."

6. The Principles of Automobile Body Design: Covering the Fundamentals of Open by Kingston Forbes (1922)
"A cylinder lock is shown in Fig. 250 It will be noted that the shaft has a square end to engage the lock and that it is connected to the cylinder lock ..."

7. Playground Technique and Playcraft by Arthur Leland, Lorna Highbee Leland (1909)
"... door in front and batten door in back and locked with cylinder lock with two keys, and where located the different cutouts for the adjoining circuits, ..."

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