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 hasp, Swedish hasp, Icelandic hespa (“clamp; hasp; skein of yarn”).

Noun

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
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)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: haspa m
• Italian: fermaglio (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: skobel (pl) m, wrzeciądz m
• Spanish: aspa (es) f
• Swedish: hasp
• Vilamovian: hosp f
• Westrobothnian:

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

• Finnish: salvata (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue:

Anagrams

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

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Irish

Noun

hasp f sg

1. h-prothesized form of asp

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Swedish

Noun

hasp c

1. a hasp, a latch, a primitive locking mechanism

Declension

Declension of hasp

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hasp	hasps
	definite	haspen	haspens
plural	indefinite	haspar	haspars
	definite	hasparna	hasparnas

Related terms

• haspa
• regel