molly-guard

molly-guard englanniksi

1. A physical barrier to protect something from unwanted contact, especially a shield to prevent accidental tripping of an emergency shutdown or power switch.

''There is a plastic molly-guard covering the escalator's shutdown button to prevent little kids from pushing it and stopping the escalator.''

2. {{quote-text|en|year=1978|publisher=Society of Automotive Engineers|title=Proceedings of the 13th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference|volume=3|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OYArAQAAMAAJ&q=%22molly-guard%22%7C%22molly-guards%22&dq=%22molly-guard%22%7C%22molly-guards%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=V5UhUYiTMo_UkgXJ7oGoAQ&redir_esc=y|page=1948

3. 1998 August 10, kensmark, “Vi versus Word. The pros and cons (or why does Vi remiond me of a bigger version of notepad?)”, rec.arts.sf.composition, ''Usenet'',

Therefore, we have many "molly guards," which are kludged covers that protect the on/off switch and keep you from hitting it by accident.

4. {{quote-newsgroup|en|date=September 6 2008|author=Simon Slavin|title=Manual on/off switch with electrical off-trip?|newsgroup=uk.comp.sys.mac