lock-up

Deverbal from lock up

lock-up (plural lock-ups)

1. Alternative form of lockup
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 68:

     At the top of George Street the Bear Inn, once the court house, has detached 17th-century columns supporting the upper floor. Close by is the old lock-up, dated 1824.

• lock up

• uplock