Definition of Door latch

1. Noun. Spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key.

Exact synonyms: Latch
Generic synonyms: Lock
Derivative terms: Latch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Door Latch

doomwatch
doomy
doon
doona
doonas
door
door-closer
door-nail
door-prize
door-to-door
door chain
door closer
door game
door games
door guard
door latch (current term)
door nail
door prize
door to door
doorbell
doorbelled
doorbelling
doorbells
doorbuster
doorbusters
doorcase
doorcases
doorcheek
doorcheeks
doore

Literary usage of Door latch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith (1906)
"A ball attached to the end of the spindle of a door latch to ... A door latch is often made in combination with a lock, having a separate bolt and key to ..."

2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Door-latch and tinkling staples ring ; — At length a whispering voice. ' Awake, awake, arise, my love t How, Helen, dost thou fare ? ..."

3. Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice by American Railway Association, Master Car Builders' Association, Mechanical Division, Association of American Railroads (1881)
"A ball attached to the end of a spindle of a door-latch to take hold of in ... A door-latch usually consists of a spring-bolt, held in a suitable metal case ..."

4. Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice by American Railway Association, Master Car Builders' Association, Mechanical Division, Association of American Railroads (1903)
"A ball attached to the end of the spindle of a door latch to take hold of in ... A door latch is often made in combination with a lock, having a separate ..."

5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"After this there was a sound as of a great iron chain falling on the outside of the door, and then, in infernal accordance, door- latch, hinges, warming-pan ..."

6. The American in Egypt: With Rambles Through Arabia Petra︠e︡a and the Holy by James Ewing Cooley (1843)
"Hot Mixture," and Hunt for the Door-latch. HAVING completed all the necessary arrangements for the commencement of our excursion up the Nile; and having, ..."

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