hasp

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/hæsp/
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/hæsp/ · /hɑːsp/

Definition of hasp

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
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noun

  1. A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
  2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
  3. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of hesp (“measure of linen thread”).
  4. An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.

verb

  1. (transitive)To shut or fasten with a hasp, or as with a hasp.
    “He is hasped and hooped and hirpling with pain, limping and looped in it.”

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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…

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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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