lever lock

1. 1.

   a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move

   Broaderlock

   Partslever

Questions about lever lock

What does lever lock mean?

lever lock means "a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move".

Is lever lock a common word?

lever lock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.