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an airlock that allows workmen to pass in and out of spaces with differing air pressures, esp one providing access to and from a tunnel, shaft, or caisson in which the air is compressed 人孔闸
[civil engineering]
Mine Ihad snatchedfrommy knees andheldover my head, by a sort of instinct. As forthe captain, he had carriedhis over his shoulder by a bandoleer, andlikeawiseman, lockuppermost.
The Ospreys were weakened before the start after skipper Brent Cockbain withdrew through illness, with Mike Collins taking his place at lock and man-of-the-match Filo Tiatia the captain's armband.