chiefly Scottish & Irish <主苏格兰, 爱尔兰>
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- a lock, latch, or fastening for a door or window（门窗）锁, 闩, 插销。
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- the small catch on a Yale lock which holds the bolt in or out耶尔牌弹簧锁上控制锁簧的小搭扣。
词源
early 19th cent.: perhaps from Low German snibbe 'beak-like point'.