…A device that is attached to doors, drawers, boxes, etc. and used to secure them is called a lock, and the device that opens and closes it is called a key. They are used as a pair, and the two are often confused, such as in the phrase "locking." Locks have ancient origins, and the oldest surviving locks are wooden locks discovered at the site of the palace in Nineveh. Even today, wooden inserts such as monkeys and bolts used on shutters are also simple types of locks, and this principle is the same in both the West and the East. … *Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Ward locks" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…戸,引出し,箱などに取りつけ,差しかためて,しまりとする器具を錠あるいは錠前lockといい,これを開閉する具を鍵という。一対で用いられ,一般に〈鍵をかける〉などというように両者は混同されることが多い。錠の起源は古く,現存するもののうち最古のものはニネベの宮殿址から発見された木製の錠である。今日でも雨戸などに使われている〈さる〉や閂(かんぬき)などの木製の差込み棒も,単純な形式の錠であり,この原理は西洋も東洋もかわらない。… ※「ウォード錠」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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