hasp

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

a clasp

• Bulgarian: резе (bg) n (reze), закопчалка (bg) f (zakopčalka)
• Dutch: windhaak (nl) m
• Finnish: salpa (fi)
• French: loquet (fr) m
• Irish: haspa m
• Italian: fermaglio (it)
• Polish: skobel (pl) m, wrzeciądz m
• Spanish: aspa (es) f
• Swedish: hasp
• Vilamovian: hosp f

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.

Translations

to shut or fasten with hasp

• Bulgarian: закопчавам (bg) (zakopčavam)
• Finnish: salvata (fi)

Anagrams

• HSAP, HSPA, PAHs, PHAs, Phas, SAHP, Shap, haps, pahs, pash, psha

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

Derived terms

• så kan det gå när inte haspen är på

Related terms

• haspa
• regel

 

References

• hasp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hasp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hasp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)