clasp

• fasten with or as if with a brooch
• fasten with a buckle or buckles
• a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
• the act of grasping
• hold firmly and tightly
• grasp firmly
• To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp
• To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms
• To surround and cling to
• An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc
• A close embrace

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