lock

1) An enclosure or fold.

The word is found in place-names such as Lockwood but otherwise occurs only rarely: c.1562 Hath sene the tenants build lockes and shepe fooldes apon the said two groundes, Marske. Angus Winchester has 'ewelocks' as a Lake District field-name.

dates 1562

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