hasp

Example Sentences

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After an hour searching dusty corridors, I found a door with a smart padlock and the remains of a hasp lying on the floor beside it.

From Nature • May 19, 2020

And then Matt hears the sound of the window hasp being turned and the sound of the window opening.

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2019

That padlock would have been attached to a hasp lock that connected the shed’s double doors from the outside.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2015

The garage door wasn’t locked; Gibson had the padlock on the door, but not through the hasp.

From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2014

The door was made of wire netting on a wooden frame, with two leather hinges nailed to the uprights and a hasp and staple fastened with a twist of wire.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams