fastener
(ˈfɑːs(ə)nə(r), -æ-)
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
1. One who fastens or makes fast.
| 1755 in Johnson. 1798 Jane Austen Northang. Abb. (1838) II. vii. 142 The possibility of the door's having been at first unlocked, and she herself its fastener. |
2. That which serves to fasten anything.
| 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Rights Wom. iv. 151 Individuality of character, the only fastener of the affections. 1874 W. Crookes Dyeing & Calico-printing 323 The modified Gallipoli oil acts..as fastener of the red lake. 1884 Birm. Weekly Post 15 Nov. 3/7 The fastener [of a trap-door] was not properly adjusted. 1892 Law Times' Rep. LXVII. 163/1 Small hooks or fasteners on the metal busks of the corsets. |
† 3. One who fastens on something. Obs.
| 1628 Earle Microcosm., Plain country Fellow (Arb.) 49 He is a terrible fastner on a piece of Beefe. |
† 4. slang. A warrant for arrest. Obs.
| a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Fastner, c. a Warrant. 1785 in Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue. |