A hook and eye is a small two-part clothing fastener. Fasten the hook and eye.
It takes strain far better than a press stud and cannot be done up one-handed. A hook and eye sits above a zip to take the pull off the top of it.
1nounhook and eyeA small two-part clothing fastener.
“The hook and eye at the waistband gave way first.”
hook and eye is a fastener.
Practised in Knitting & Sewing