Sidelock
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sidelock is a noun meaning A lock of hair worn at the side of the head.
Meaning
A lock of hair worn at the side of the head.
More Meanings
- (firearms) The design of a gun that has the lockwork mounted to the inside of a plate; compare boxlock.
Example Sentences
observation of the Sabbath (rather than the décadi) and the wearing of Jewish side-locks and beards were regarded as ‘uncivic’ offences.
Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious.
Word Forms
- sidelocks
- side-lock
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include side-lock, lovelock, locklet, hindlock, lock, taglock.
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