self-locking
adjective
self-lock·ing ˌself-ˈlä-kiŋ 
: locking by its own action
a self-locking door
a self-locking nut [=locknut]
Simply use self-locking cable ties (available in the electrical department of any hardware store) to secure the grate …
Mattie Sue Athan and Dianalee Deter
Mattie Sue Athan and Dianalee Deter
Word History
First Known Use
1825, in the meaning defined above
- fender skirt
- fender stool
- fendered
- fendering
- fenderless
- fenders
- fending
- fending (off)
- fending for oneself
- fending off
- fends
- fends (off)
- fends for oneself
- fends off
- fendy
- feneration
- fenestella
- fenestellas
- fenestellid
- fenestelloid
- fenestra
- fenestra cochleae
- fenestra ovalis
- fenestra rotunda
- fenestra vestibuli