clapsa

clapsa, ~um [ME clapse, claspe] , clasp, fastening: a (of door); b (of organ); c (of harrow); d (of bell); e (of book). a 1325 eidem [fabro] pro ij boltis et vj ~is ferr’ pro ‥ hostio garderobe KR Ac 469/7 m. 8; 1386 in iij clasp’ ferri et clavis ‥ pro ‥ portis ‥ firmandis MinAc 968/25; 1419 pro seris, clavibus, clospys et hokys emptis pro hostiis ecclesie (Comp. Mettingham, Suff) Arch. J. VI 65. b 1418 solut’ pro clospis emptis pro organ’ (Comp. Mettingham, Suff) Arch. J. VI 65. c 1383 claspum (MinAc Abbess Roding, Essex) MFG. d 1533 pro clavis et emendacione clasporum nove campane ‥; et ‥ pro ij claspis et clavis ad le Sanctus Belle Ac. Churchw. Bath 111. e 1388 unum parvum missale cum duabus ~is argenteis (Invent. Westm.) Arch. LII 276; 1448 meum primarium cum duobus ~is Wills N. Country 49; 1482 pro claspis emptis pro libris collegii Cant. Coll. Ox. II 212; 1486 vetus missale cum claspis de cupro Hist. S. Paul. 400; 1489 ij psalteria mea, j cum duobus ~is de argento Cart. Boarstall 289; 1521 j missale in pergameno cum claspis de argento Fabr. York 277.

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