Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Latching"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Latch \Latch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Latched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Latching}.] [OE. lacchen. See {Latch}. n.]
1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.]
Those that remained threw darts at our men, and
latching our darts, sent them again at us.
--Golding.
2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
The door was only latched. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Latching \Latch"ing\, n. (Naut.)
A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which
it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also {latch}
and {lasket}. [Usually in pl.]
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