Definitions
Small fastening device for a door, gate, or lid.
Word origin
From Middle English lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”, verb), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”), from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, *lakwijaną, *lakkijaną (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g-, *(s)leh₂gʷ- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lakken (“to grasp, catch”).
Used in a sentence
“Where hearing should not latch them.”
“The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerchak passed out; nor could the apes find means of ingress through the heavily barred windows.”
“Love will none other birde catch, Though he set either nette or latch”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Door fastener”5 letters
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