Preferred label

Sword-shaped lock                

Alternative label

Scope note

A lock fashioned in the shape of a long blade relative to the substrate, with a wide base tapering to a sharp point.        

Parent concept

Lock        

uh-linked-data/concept/309        

Related concept                    

Locking mechanism        

uh-linked-data/concept/319

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/537