snibbed
snibbed is the simple past and past participle of snib.
Meaning of snib
Verb
snib (third-person singular simple present snibs, present participle snibbing, simple past and past participle snibbed)
- To latch (a door, window, etc.).
- Window is snibbed on the inner side. Framework is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 90
- to rebuke, to scold, to reprimand
- As at the stok the bere; Snybbith the hardy houndis that ar ken.
Questions about snibbed
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- Snibbed is the simple past and past participle of snib.
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