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单词 snib
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snib

[ snib ]
/ snɪb /
Chiefly Scot.

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).

Origin of snib

First recorded in 1800–10; of uncertain origin; perhaps from Low German snibbe (German Schnippe ), Swedish snibb “beak, point”

Words nearby snib

Snellen's test types, Snellen test, Snell's law, SNF, SNG, snib, snick, snicker, snickersnee, snicket, Snickometer
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Example sentences from the Web for snib

  • He afterwards passed a string through the joining of the upper and lower windows, and managed to shut the snib.

    The Green Mummy|Fergus Hume
  • Did Sir Reginald ever forget to snib the windows, supposing one happened to be open?

    Simon|J. Storer Clouston
  • As early as 1825 the widow Turnbull kept a tavern at Snib Hollow.

    The Old Pike|Thomas B. Searight

British Dictionary definitions for snib

snib
/ (snɪb) Scot /

noun

the bolt or fastening of a door, window, etc

verb snibs, snibbing or snibbed (tr)

to bolt or fasten (a door)

Word Origin for snib

C19: of uncertain origin; perhaps from Low German snibbe beak
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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