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plural overlocks
(sewing) A stitch that sews over the edge of one or two pieces of cloth for edging, hemming or seaming. examples
third-person singular simple present overlocks, present participle overlocking, simple past and past participle overlocked
(sewing) To stitch in this manner. examples
(transitive) To make the bolt of a lock go too far. quotations examples
The way to open it, then, is to turn the key the other way, as if to overlock the bolt […]
1857, Thomas Stewart Traill, The Encyclopaedia Britannica