Hasp

//hæsp// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
  2. 2
    a fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock wordnet
  3. 3
    A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
  4. 4
    Alternative form of hesp (“measure of linen thread”). alt-of, alternative
  5. 5
    An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.
Verb
  1. 1
    To shut or fasten with a hasp, or as with a hasp. transitive

    "He is hasped and hooped and hirpling with pain, limping and looped in it."

  2. 2
    secure or lock with a hasp wordnet

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articulatebattenbatten downboltbucklebutt

Example

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"He is hasped and hooped and hirpling with pain, limping and looped in it."

Etymology

From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”), from Proto-West Germanic *haspijā, from Proto-Germanic *haspijǭ, *hapsijǭ (“hasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kamb- (“to bend; crook”). Cognate with Middle Dutch haspe, Middle Low German haspe, hespe, German Low German Haspel (“spindle of yarn”), German Häspe, Danish haspe, Swedish hasp, Icelandic hespa (“clamp; hasp; skein of yarn”).

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