lock through

English

A tugboat is helping a barge to lock through at the McAlpine Locks and Dam on the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
A canal boat is locking through at Top Lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath, Somerset, England.
Everyone traveling up or down the mighty Mississippi needs to lock through, no matter how small or huge their vessel, unless they're going to portage.

Verb

lock through (third-person singular simple present locks through, present participle locking through, simple past and past participle locked through)

  1. (intransitive, boating) To travel through a lock, or a flight of locks, on a waterway.
    Hypernym: pass through
    Hyponyms: lock down, lock up
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