locking pliers

1. 1.

   pliers that can be locked in place

   Broaderpliers

   plural

Questions about locking pliers

What does locking pliers mean?

locking pliers means "pliers that can be locked in place".

Is locking pliers a common word?

locking pliers 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.