CompareIcelandichespa(“a hasp, a wisp or skein”). Seehasp.
hesp (pluralhesps)
- (Scotland) Ameasure of twohanks oflinenthread.
- Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Hesp”, inKnight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.:Hurd and Houghton […],→OCLC.
- “hesp”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
FromMiddle Dutchhespe. Potentially related toMiddle Dutchhaspe(“bolt, latch”).
hesp f (pluralhespen)
- (chiefly Belgium)ham(type of pork, meat from the thigh of a hog)
- Synonym:ham
FromProto-Iranian*Hácwah. Cognate toPersianاسب(asb).
hesp m
- horse
- → Old Armenian:հասբ(hasb)(probably)
