The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clasp lock
Clasp \Clasp\, n.
An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
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A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.
Clasp knife, a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle.
Clasp lock, a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring.
Wiktionary
clasp lock
n. A lock that closes or secures itself by means of a spring.
Usage examples of "clasp lock".
Wayles, Runciters attorney, shifted about in his chair, fiddled with his fine-veined, aristocratic hands at the clasp lock of his briefcase and said, You people should not have left Mr.