transitive verb
snibbed, snib·bing, snibs Chiefly BritishTo latch (a door or window): “[The] window is snibbed on the inner side” ( Arthur Conan Doyle )
Origin of snib
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present snibs, present participle snibbing, simple past and past participle snibbed)
- (Scotland) To latch (a door, window etc.).
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Origin uncertain.
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