English Explanatory Dictionary

deadlatch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of latch whose bolt may be locked by a detent so that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.

Word forms

deadlatch deadlatches

Etymology

From dead + latch.

Derived words

deadlatched
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