different between padlock vs hasp

English

Etymology

From earlier pad lock (19th c.); Middle English padlok, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok (“lock”). Perhaps originally a lock for a pad (“gate”), or a gate opening to a path, or a lock for a basket or pannier, from UK dialect pad (“a pannier”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pad?l?k/
• Hyphenation: pad?lock

Noun

padlock (plural padlocks)

1. A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

Hypernyms

• lock

Translations

See also

• combination lock

Verb

padlock (third-person singular simple present padlocks, present participle padlocking, simple past and past participle padlocked)

1. To lock using a padlock.
   • 1989, Del Amitri, “Nothing Ever Happens” (song):

     Janitors padlock the gates.

Translations

References

• padlock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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