<entry id="2226860" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1573880</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>鎹</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>かすがい</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together</gloss>
<gloss>clamp</gloss>
<gloss>cramp (metal)</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>latch</gloss>
<gloss>lock</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2017-05-11 12:11:31" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>richwarm</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Richard Warmington</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>"clamp" and "cramp" make me think of a G-clamp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-clamp
That doesn't appear to be what a kasugai is.
1) https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/
.
2) 鎹（かすがい）とは、金属製で「コ」の字の形状をしており、尖った先端部が
2つある釘をいう。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8E%B9</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-05-12 07:45:03" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-03-30 03:38:01" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>daijr/s, koj, sankoku, obunsha, and iwakoku have a third sense (戸締まりに使う金具。掛け金。)</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
@@ -19,0 +21,6 @@
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;latch&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;lock&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-03-30 04:56:49" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>