Snib

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /snɪb/

Origin

Origin uncertain.

Full definition of snib

Noun

1. (Scotland) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
• 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 99: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.
2. (obsolete) A reprimand; a snub.

Verb

1. (Scotland) To latch (a door, window etc.).
• 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, VI:‘Window is snibbed on the inner side. Frame-work is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.’

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