Hypertext Webster Gateway: "locker"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Locker \Lock"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, locks.
2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a
ship, that may be closed with a lock.
{Chain locker} (Naut.), a compartment in the hold of a
vessel, for holding the chain cables.
{Davy Jones's locker}, or {Davy's locker}. See {Davy Jones}.
{Shot locker}, a compartment where shot are deposited.
--Totten.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
locker
n 1: a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it
has a lock [syn: {cabinet}, {storage locker}]
2: a fastener that locks or closes
3: a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at
the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) [syn: {footlocker}]
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