man lock

noun

an air lock serving as a decompression chamber for workers.

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British Dictionary definitions for man lock

man lock

noun

civil engineering an airlock that allows workmen to pass in and out of spaces with differing air pressures, esp one providing access to and from a tunnel, shaft, or caisson in which the air is compressed