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noun
A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
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noun
Alternative form of hesp (“measure of linen thread”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.
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verb
To shut or fasten with a hasp, or as with a hasp.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: catch
verb
secure or lock with a hasp
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Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure
History
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”).
Across languages
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