snib

 
Pronunciation: /snɪb/
chiefly Scottish & Irish

noun

  • a lock, latch, or fastening for a door or window.
  • the small catch on a Yale lock which holds the bolt in or out.

verb (snibs, snibbing, snibbed)

[with object]
  • bolt, fasten, or lock (a door): he snibbed the door and leaned against it, panting

Origin:

early 19th century: perhaps from Low German snibbe 'beak-like point'