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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Latchesnoun

    Latches or laskets, in a ship, are small lines like loops, fastened by sewing into the bonnets and drablers of a ship, in order to lace the bonnets to the courses, or the drablers to the bonnets. John Harris

Wikipedia

  1. Latches

    A latch or catch (called sneck in Northern England and Scotland) is a type of mechanical fastener that joins two (or more) objects or surfaces while allowing for their regular separation. A latch typically engages another piece of hardware on the other mounting surface. Depending upon the type and design of the latch, this engaged bit of hardware may be known as a keeper or strike. A latch is not the same as the locking mechanism of a door or window, although often they are found together in the same product. Latches range in complexity from flexible one-piece flat springs of metal or plastic, such as are used to keep blow molded plastic power tool cases closed, to multi-point cammed latches used to keep large doors closed.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. latches

    The same as laskets (which see; also keys).

Anagrams for latches »

  1. chalets

  2. châlets

  3. chestal

  4. satchel

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of latches in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of latches in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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