liner lock

English

Alternative forms

• linerlock, liner-lock

Noun

liner lock (plural liner locks)

1. A type of lock for a folding knife or other tool that is locked open/extended by a spring portion of the liner, which must be pushed down by the thumb before the knife or tool can be closed/collapsed.
2. (metonymically) A knife or other tool with such a lock.

Coordinate terms

• button lock
• frame lock
• lockback
• slipjoint

Translations

Translations

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: liner lock -veitsi
• German: Liner-Lock m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: liner lock-kniv