snib

noun, verb — 3 senses

snib

noun

UK /snɪb/

Etymology Uncertain.

1

Australia, Scotland A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.

He did not like me coming in except if I was going to bed. I heard him saying to my maw about a snib for the door.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 99:

2

Obsolete A reprimand; a snub.

ill - strain'd snibs1601 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], What You Will, London: […] G[eorge] Eld, for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

snib

verb

Etymology Uncertain.

1

Australia, Scotland To latch (a door, window, etc.).

Window is snibbed on the inner side. Framework is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 90:
All moved to the front street, where Grierson snibbed on his tail-light and turned to ask the trooper, "They've got the main road ploughed up farther on, haven't they?"1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 162:

Derived terms: unsnib

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