latch
noun
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
relatch
-
a word derived from
latch.
Example Sentences
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As she turned to relatch the gate the blind man endeavoured politely to anticipate her.
From Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah
