“lock and ?”

The following 2 entries include the term lock and ?.

lock-and-block system

noun

: a railway block system in which the signals permitting a train to enter a block are locked while a train is in the block and automatically unlocked as it leaves the block

under lock and key

phrase

: in a room, box, etc., that is locked


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