c. 1300, claspe, "metal catch or hook used to hold things together," perhaps a metathesis of clapse, and thus from or related to Old English clyppan "clasp" (see clip (v.2)).
clasp (v.)
late 14c., from clasp (n.). Related: Clasped; clasping.
1. She had sat there twiddling nervously with the clasp of her handbag.
c. 1300, claspe, "metal catch or hook used to hold things together," perhaps a metathesis of clapse, and thus from or related to Old English clyppan "clasp" (see clip (v.2)).
clasp (v.)
late 14c., from clasp (n.). Related: Clasped; clasping.
双语例句
1. She had sat there twiddling nervously with the clasp of her handbag.