English
hindlock
From hind + lock.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- ‘down, below, with, far, along, against’
Old English hindan ‘at the rear, from behind’
Middle English hinde
English hind
Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’
Proto-Germanic *luką
Proto-West Germanic *lok ‘shutter’
Old English loc
Middle English lok
English lock
Today it means
noun A tress or lock of an individual's hair that covers the hind-part of the head.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hindlock