Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A metal fastener with a hinged slotted part that fits over a staple and is secured by a pin, bolt, or padlock.
- transitive verb To close or lock with such a fastener.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To shut or fasten with a hasp.
- To clasp; inclose; fasten as if with a hasp.
- noun A clasp; especially, a clasp that passes over a staple and is fastened by a pin or a padlock; also, a metal hook for fastening a door.
- noun A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
- noun A thread, string, or skein.
- noun A quantity of yarn, the fourth part of a spindle.
- noun An instrument for cutting the surface of grass-land. In this sense also called a scarifier.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To shut or fasten with a hasp.
- noun A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door.
- noun A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
- noun An instrument for cutting the surface of grass land; a scarifier.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
clasp , especially a metalstrap fastened by apadlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door. - verb To shut or fasten with a hasp.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
- verb secure or lock with a hasp
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Iron bar, with part of the iron plate or hasp which is secured by the lock and keeps the bar in place: Hereford 177 78.
The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871
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Iron bar, with part of the iron plate or hasp which is secured by the lock and keeps the bar in place: Hereford.]
The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871
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I'll share one with you: Needing a piece of wood to fill the gap between a screen door and a spring hasp if you don't know what that is, I can't explain it to you, I dismantled a bookcase, removed the back, stacked the books on the floor, and cut off a teensy-tiny piece of fiberboard, solving that problem.
How to Make an Atom Bomb While Your Wife's Away Con Chapman 2011
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He picked up the stoutest of the screwdrivers he had brought with him, slid it into the hasp, and twisted.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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He picked up the stoutest of the screwdrivers he had brought with him, slid it into the hasp, and twisted.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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He picked up the stoutest of the screwdrivers he had brought with him, slid it into the hasp, and twisted.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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He picked up the stoutest of the screwdrivers he had brought with him, slid it into the hasp, and twisted.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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Flange and hasp makers are the biggest customers for widgets, domestically and internationally.
My Gall Bladder is Really Warm Today Con Chapman 2011
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The little green, wooden house has screened windows, a door with a hasp, and a hatch that lifts open to the nesting box where you collect eggs.
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The little green, wooden house has screened windows, a door with a hasp, and a hatch that lifts open to the nesting box where you collect eggs.
rubah commented on the word hasp
When my chem teacher made us write this as our 'word of the day', I did not believe it was real.
September 8, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word hasp
Very old operating system element:
Houston
Automated
Spooling
Program
Interesting for its double acronym: "spool" is/was "simultaneous peripheral operation online".
September 8, 2008