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Latch

noun

Spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key. Synonym: door latch.

Catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove.

verb

(past & past part. latched; pres. part. latching)

Fasten with a latch.

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"Latch" Quotes from Famous Books

... was, Gilbert accompanied his friend for a mile of his homeward route. He had secured a latch-key during his last visit to Lidford House, and could let himself in quietly of a night without entrenching upon the regular habits ...

— Fenton's Quest • M. E. Braddon

... the way in silence; and gently raising the latch of the room door, motioned Mr. Pickwick to enter. It was a large, bare, desolate room, with a number of stump bedsteads made of iron, on one of which lay stretched the shadow of a man—wan, pale, and ghastly. His breathing ...

— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens

... of a long iron latch which fastened the outer door was enough to deflect her interest from the matter. She cast her cloak over the baby, and held it loosely on her knees, with its head to the fire. When the door shut with a crash, and ...

— The Lady of Fort St. John • Mary Hartwell Catherwood

... was a wooden latch on the inside, which could be lifted by a person on the outside of the door by a leather strip which came through a hole in the door and hung down. When this latch string was out, anybody could pull it, lift the latch, and come in. When it was drawn ...

— A School History of the United States • John Bach McMaster

... heard the click of the latch, and his step upon the threshold. Softly the door closed. ...

— The Swindler and Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell

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