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rough lock, rough-lock N. Amer.
[lock n.2 4.]
A device, as a chain, for slowing the passage down a slope of a vehicle or of logs. So ˈrough-lock, ˈroughlock v. trans., to slow a vehicle by means of a rough lock, to attach chains to a vehicle so as to slow it; ˈrough-locking vbl. n.
1859Marcy Prairie Trav. iii. 93 Rough-locking is a very safe method of passing heavy artillery down abrupt declivities. 1884W. Shepherd Prairie Experiences 197 The hind wheels were rough-locked, that is, a large linked chain was tied round the rim of the wheel in such a way that the wheel rides upon the chain, which drags along and cuts into the ground. 1913E. MacLennan in MacLennan & Snow Songs of Neukluk 15 She had a skookum load of logs, but I couldn't understand With the rough-lock and the gee⁓pole how it scaped from her command. 1962J. Onslow Bowler-Hatted Cowboy v. 46 The rough-lock bit deep into the softening ice and mud. 1973R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led i. viii. 128 The stout sleigh groaning in protest against the logging chain rough-locked around a hind runner. |