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hasp.

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

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/hɑːsp/Received-Pronunciation/hæsp/Received-Pronunciation/hæsp/General-American

  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. Alternative form of hesp (“measure of linen thread”).

    alt-of · alternative

  4. An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.

Where this word comes from

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”).

verb/hɑːsp/Received-Pronunciation/hæsp/Received-Pronunciation/hæsp/General-American

  1. To shut or fasten with a hasp, or as with a hasp.

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Where this word comes from

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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