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Added 3 October 2026

hasp

/hɑːsp/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about hasp at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
Alternative form of hesp (“measure of linen thread”).

verb

To shut or fasten with a hasp, or as with a hasp.

Origin

From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”), from Proto-West Germanic *haspijā, 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”).

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