lockfast

English

Etymology

lock +‎ fast

Adjective

lockfast (comparative more lockfast, superlative most lockfast)

(Scotland) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
  It was such a scene of confusion as you can hardly fancy. All the lockfast places had been broken open in quest of the chart.

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