Sneck transitive verb [ See Snatch .] To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Sneck up , be silent; shut up; hold your peace. Shak. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/132
Sneck noun A door latch. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Sneck band , a latchstring. Burns. -- Sneck drawer , a latch lifter; a bolt drawer; hence, a sly person; a cozener; a cheat; -- called also sneckdraw . -- Sneck drawing , lifting the latch. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/132
A sneck is a door or gate latch. The term is also applied to the lever which raises the bar of the latch.. The word sneck is chiefly used in Scotland and the north of England, being a very obscure term in the southern counties. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TS.HTM