What is "clasps"

Usage examples of "clasps".

As well as the lock, it had six brass clasps which were fastened without keys.

If he made holes in the trunk near the clasps, he might be able to poke his knife through and manipulate the clasps through the holes.

First he girded his goodly greaves about his legs, making them fast with ankle clasps of silver.

Here the ancient battle ends, Joining two astonished friends, Who the kiss can give and take With more warmth than in that world Where the tiger claws the snake, Snake her tiger clasps infurled, And the issue of their fight People lands in snarling plight.

She clasps thee for a gift of morn, Till thou art set against the tide, And then beware her scorn.

He reached up and undid the clasps that held his cloak in place, and the heavy white garment slithered from his shoulders to fall in a heap on the floor.

Better to die, then-save that the goblins would capture his magic and no doubt turn it over to Nalavara, all of the wands, rings, clasps, and amulets he carried hidden inside his secret pockets-not to mention the weathercloak itself, and even his tiny traveling spellbook, which relied on magic of its own to enlarge itself whenever he needed to read it.

Hidden on the backs of those pendants were clasps akin to the weathercloak clasps that war wizards bore.

Isketerol finished snapping the clasps on his Nantucket-made suit of armor, checked his pistol, and walked over to the left-hand stone thrower.

Lieutenants and petty officers checked equipment, and quietly blistered ears over loose straps or clasps unbuckled for marching and not done up again.

Those he clasps,Intent as tempest, worshipful as prayer, -And be they doves or be they asps, -Must seem to him the sovereignty fair.

He drew forth one of the long wire probes concealed in the gloves, and crouched to examine the clasps binding his ankles.

The door was easy to find, though the lock proved more challenging than the clasps that had secured his manacles.