| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Deadlatch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.[Websters]. | |
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Date "DEADLATCH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
