different between fastening vs hasp

English

Etymology

fasten +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??s?n??/

Verb

fastening

1. present participle of fasten

Noun

fastening (plural fastenings)

1. A hook or similar restraint used to fasten things together; fastener.

English

Etymology

From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”), from Proto-Germanic *haspij?, *hapsij? (“hasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kamb- (“to bend; crook”). Cognate with Middle Dutch haspe, Middle Low German haspe, hespe, German Low German Haspel (“spindle of yarn”), German Häspe, Danish haspe, Swedish hasp, Icelandic hespa (“clamp; hasp; skein of yarn”).

Noun

hasp (plural hasps)

1. A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
3. Alternative form of hesp
4. An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.

Translations

Verb

hasp (third-person singular simple present hasps, present participle hasping, simple past and past participle hasped)

1. (transitive) To shut or fasten with a hasp.

Translations

Anagrams

• HSAP, HSPA, PAHs, PHAs, SAHP, Shap, haps, pahs, pash, psha

Irish

Noun

hasp f sg

1. h-prothesized form of asp

Swedish

Noun

hasp c

1. a hasp, a latch, a primitive locking mechanism

Declension

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