sneck

¹ American  

[snek] / snɛk /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. a door latch or its lever.

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sneck ² American  

[snek] / snɛk /

noun

1. a small stone, as a spall, inserted into the spaces between larger pieces of rubble in a wall.

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verb (used with object)

1. to fill (spaces between larger stones) with snecks.

sneck ¹ British  

/ snɛk /

noun

1. a small squared stone used in a rubble wall to fill spaces between stones of different height

2. dialect the latch or catch of a door or gate

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verb

1. dialect to fasten (a latch)

sneck ² British  

/ snɛk /

noun

1. a Scot word for snick

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Other Word Forms

• snecker noun

Etymology

Origin of sneck¹

1275–1325; Middle English snek ( k ); snatch

Origin of sneck²

1275–1325; Middle English; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Unsneck, un-snek′, v.t. to draw the sneck or bar of a door.

From Project Gutenberg

—Sneck up is a stage direction for hiccup, which Sir Toby was likely to observe after his "pickle herring."

From Project Gutenberg

Sneck the door," cried the husband, "and we'll try to catch it.

From Project Gutenberg

An industrious house too, wherein the birr of the wheel and the sneck of the reel had sounded: the pirn was half filled, and the wisp, from which the thread had been drawn, lay over the back of a chair, as it had been taken from the waist of the servant maid.

From Project Gutenberg

You probably won't sample all 44 boozers and 90 miles, but a few days' hiking will inevitably involve exotic brews like Sneck Lifter, wonderful historic hostelries where Wordsworth and Coleridge supped the amber nectar, along with demonic sheep and artery-numbing fry-ups.

From The Guardian