sneck

plural snecks

1. Northern EnglandScotlandA latch or catch.

   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

   1 more example

   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

2. Northern EnglandScotlandThe nose.
3. A cut.

present singular third person snecks · participle present snecking · participle past snecked · past snecked

1. transitiveTo latch, to lock.
2. transitiveTo cut.