belock

From Middle English belouken, bilouken, from Old English belūcan (“to lock up, bring to an end”), equivalent to be- +‎ lock.

belock (third-person singular simple present belocks, present participle belocking, simple past and past participle belocked)

1. (archaic, transitive) To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten.
   • Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

     This is the hand, which, with a vow'd contract, was fast belocked in thine.

   • 1814, The Lady's Monthly Museum, Or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction:

     The brawny mariner belocks the line
     Within his horny palm, and to the rude
     Timeing of a tuneless lay, the frolic sail
     Quickly upclews, and wraps it to the yard.

   • 1843, James Grassie, Legends of the highlands of Scotland, page 50:

     After this manner he reached an eminence called the Allanowr in the vicinity of Strone, and here he observed two figures, reclining in listless langour on the moss; on advancing a little farther he recognised the features of his chieftain's son, his hands belocked in those of a female who was soothing him "as his drooped head sank gradually low!"

• (lock up):
• (hold tight): clasp, grasp, grip; See also Thesaurus:grasp

• Bockle