hasp
1
8.9
- noun
- /hæsp/
:
cerrojo
- He lifted the old hasp and heard a satisfying click as the lock sprang open.
- hasp and lock
- hasp and padlock
- door with a hasp
Examples
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I popped the hasp and opened the box.
Fiction book (1994) -
A chain clinked; a padlock snapped in the hasp.
Fiction book (1993) -
I slipped the bolt from its hasp and opened the new door.
Fiction book (1993) -
Doors closed with a rusty click of hasp and hinge.
Fiction book (1996) -
The padlock fell from the hasp and dangled on a chain.
Fiction book (1999) -
The lock popped open, and he freed the chain, locked the hasp through another link, and pocketed the key.
Fiction book (2001) -
A stout iron lock in a hasp held shut a crude door of wooden slats.
Fiction book (1991) -
Using a wrecking bar he carried in the pickup, Harmon pried loose the door's hasp.
Fiction book (1991) -
After Ruby noticed the shortage, she fitted the door with a hasp and lock and worked on the chinking where it had dried up and fallen away.
Fiction book (1997) -
The wooden shed was secured with a durable hasp that held the doors tightly shut.
Synonyms
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2.6
A small metal part that holds a door or gate closed
Antonyms
How Secure
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hasp has long meant a metal 'clasp' or 'hook' used to close things. So a hasp is the hinged metal plate that fits over a staple and lets you lock a door or a chest.