shift lock

English

Noun

shift lock (plural shift locks)

(typewriting) A lock key on a typewriter, which, when pressed, causes all subsequently typed letters to be capitalized.
- 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 264:
  Belinda released the shift lock and reverted to lower case.

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