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snib
[ snib ]
noun
- a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- the catch that holds the bolt on a lock.
verb (used with object)
, snibbed, snib·bing.
- to bolt or fasten (a door or window).
snib
/ snɪb /
noun
- the bolt or fastening of a door, window, etc
verb
- to bolt or fasten (a door)
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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”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snib1
C19: of uncertain origin; perhaps from Low German snibbe beak
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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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