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plural snecks
(Northern England, Scotland) A latch or catch. quotations examples
Lydia jerked about with the blind, fixing it first in one little sneck and then another, finally pulling it right to the bottom and pressing the button into the little brass hole.
1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 2
The graveyard wall was in good repair, although, surprisingly, the narrow gate's sneck was smashed and it was held-to by a loop of binder twine.
1980, JL Carr, A Month in the Country, Penguin, published 2010, page 3
(Northern England, Scotland) The nose. examples
A cut. examples
third-person singular simple present snecks, present participle snecking, simple past and past participle snecked
(transitive) To latch, to lock. examples
(transitive) To cut. examples