snib

[ snib ]

noun

1. a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
2. the catch that holds the bolt on a lock.

verb (used with object)

, snibbed, snib·bing.

1. to bolt or fasten (a door or window).

snib

/ snɪb /

noun

1. the bolt or fastening of a door, window, etc

verb

1. to bolt or fasten (a door)

Word History and Origins

Origin of snib¹

First recorded in 1800–10; of uncertain origin; perhaps from Low German snibbe ( German Schnippe ), Swedish snibb “beak, point”

Word History and Origins

Origin of snib¹

C19: of uncertain origin; perhaps from Low German snibbe beak

Example Sentences

As early as 1825 the widow Turnbull kept a tavern at Snib Hollow.

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He afterwards passed a string through the joining of the upper and lower windows, and managed to shut the snib.

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Did Sir Reginald ever forget to snib the windows, supposing one happened to be open?

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