snib

American  

[snib] / snɪb /

noun

1. a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.

2. the catch that holds the bolt on a lock.

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verb (used with object)

snibbed, snibbing

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

snib British  

/ snɪb /

noun

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

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verb

1. to bolt or fasten (a door)

Etymology

Origin of snib

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

Example Sentences

Mr. Bolton, after his interview with the woman, would of course snib the window, and pull down the blind.

From The Green Mummy by Hume, Fergus

Monica closed it gently down, and fastened the snib.

From Beyond the City by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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

From The Green Mummy by Hume, Fergus

When outside he pulled, and the snib slid into place.

From The Green Mummy by Hume, Fergus

There is another sn which may perhaps be derived from the Latin sinuo, as snake, sneak, snail, snare; so likewise snap and snatch, snib, snub.

From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel