hasp
noun
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
hasped
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past participleof hasp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof hasp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
haspnouna clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
Example Sentences
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From the center of the back of the box a square was cut out and a trap door fitted in and hasped down.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various
As she did so, she made sure that her window was hasped wide.
From Brother Copas by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The door was hasped and fastened with a stick; precaution enough in such a place, and for all that it contained, too.
From St. Patrick's Eve by Charles James Lever
Now, she rose from her chair and went to one of the windows, and, pushing back the sash curtain, pulled the wooden shutter across and hasped it.
From Strangers and Wayfarers by Sarah Orne Jewett
Many dusty years have passed since the appropriation of this Davy Jones’s locker to any purpose, and during the whole period within the memory of living man, it has been hasped and padlocked.
From The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens
