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

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

Tommy said nothing, but—but one of the school-windows was without a snib, and next morning when the dominie reached his desk he was surprised to find on it a little cotton glove.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

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

The snib was an old one, and he yanked a piece of string round it, and passed the string through the crack between the upper and lower sash of the window.

From The Green Mummy by Hume, Fergus

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

From Simon by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)