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Yale lock

/ jeɪl /

noun

  1. a type of cylinder lock using a flat serrated key
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Yale lock1

C19: after L Yale (1821–68), US inventor

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