Obs. rare. In quots. warloc, warlok. [Perh. repr. an OE. *wærloc, f. OE. waru WARE sb.1 guard, safe-keeping + loc LOCK sb.2 It is, however, possibly an alteration of WARROK sb. caused by some such etymological association as that indicated. Cf. the senses in mod. dial. of WARLOCK v.1 and WARROK v.]
1. ? A shackle, fetter.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., C. 80. Pynez me in a prysoun, put me in stokkes, Wryþe me in a warlok, wrast out myn yȝen.
2. A fetterlock.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 517/1. Warlok, a fetyr lok … sera pedicalis, vel compedicalis.
