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Antonyms for hasped

Grammar : Verb
Spell : hasp
Phonetic Transcription : hæsp

Definition of hasped

Origin :
  • Old English hæpse "fastening, clip," with later Old English metathesis of -p- and -s-. Related to Old Norse hespa "hasp, fastening," Middle Dutch, German haspe "clamp, hinge, hook," of uncertain origin.
  • As in hook : verb grab, catch
Example sentences :
  • As she did so, she made sure that her window was hasped wide.
  • Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • The door was hasped, with a crook let into a staple so that it might, if necessary, be padlocked.
  • Extract from : « In the Roar of the Sea » by Sabine Baring-Gould
  • The screened doors were shut and hasped, but the windows were all open.
  • Extract from : « Peggy Raymond's Vacation » by Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith
  • The door was hasped and fastened with a stick; precaution enough in such a place, and for all that it contained, too.
  • Extract from : « St. Patrick's Eve » by Charles James Lever
  • From the center of the back of the box a square was cut out and a trap door fitted in and hasped down.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, Sep. 26, 1891 » by Various
  • I looked round, mistress, and found he was quite alone, and that the companion-head was hasped down.
  • Extract from : « My Schools and Schoolmasters » by Hugh Miller
  • The doors were locked, but the kitchen window was not hasped, and through it she climbed.
  • Extract from : « Moor Fires » by E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young

Synonyms for hasped

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