Meaning

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

originFrom 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…

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