Padlock /(?)/

1. A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc.
2. A curb; a restraint. Fig.:

imp. & p. p. Padlocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Padlocking

1. To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.