prelockout

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ lockout.

Adjective

prelockout (not comparable)

1. Before a lockout.
   • 2008 March 24, Lynn Zinser, “A Rangers Rookie’s Stature Grows With Each Shootout Goal”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     His size, however, was considered a barrier, particularly when the prelockout N.H.L. seemed dominated by bigger and bigger players.

   • 2009, Dominic A. Pacyga, Chicago: a biography, page 151:

     For the time being the BCC had won, but the unions recovered quickly and prelockout conditions concerning wage rates and craft prerogatives again prevailed.