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)
3.
to bolt or fasten (a door or window).
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| —n | |
| 1. | the bolt or fastening of a door, window, etc |
| —vb , snibs, snibbing, snibbed | |
| 2. | to bolt or fasten (a door) |
| [C19: of uncertain origin; perhaps from Low German snibbe beak] | |
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