hook and eye

hook and eye

n.

1. A clothes fastener consisting of a small blunt metal hook that is inserted in a corresponding loop or eyelet.

2. A latch consisting of a hook that is inserted in a screw eye.

hook and eye

n

(Clothing & Fashion) a fastening for clothes consisting of a small hook hooked onto a small metal or thread loop

hook′ and eye′

n.

1. a two-piece clothes fastener, consisting of a hook and a loop or bar caught by the hook.

2. a latching device consisting of a hook that is inserted into an eyebolt, as between a door and a jamb.

[1620–30]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hook and eye - a kind of fastener used on clothing fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Translations

hook and eye

n → Haken und Öse no art, pl vb