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Meaning of rim lock | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A lock and plate fixed to the surface of a door rather than morticed within the door.

Examples

“The socket of the rim-lock tore off to one good heft of the shoulder, and we were in.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

rim shot rim tape rim-job rima rima glottidis Rimac