hasp

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English

A 17th-century copper alloy hasp with broad hook

Etymology

From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”), 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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hæsp/, /hɑːsp/
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Noun

hasp mounted on a door frame secured to a door by a padlock through a shackle mounted on the door

hasp (plural hasps)

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

Translations

Verb

hasp (third-person singular simple present hasps, present participle hasping, simple past and past participle hasped)

  1. (transitive) To shut or fasten with a hasp.

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Irish

Noun

hasp f sg

  1. h-prothesized form of asp

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hasp, a variant of hespa.

Noun

hasp c

  1. a hasp, a latch, a primitive locking mechanism in the form of a hook
    Så kan det gå när inte haspen är på
    That's what can happen when the hasp isn't on

Usage notes

Could be described as a small hake (“hook”).

Declension

Declension of hasp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hasp haspen haspar hasparna
Genitive hasps haspens haspars hasparnas

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