spring catch

American  

noun

1. a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.

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Etymology

Origin of spring catch

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

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spring catch

Binkley had abandoned art and was prating of the unusual spring catch of shad.

From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.

She tried to open the door, but it had shut with a spring catch when she pushed on it, and her small fingers were not strong enough to open it again.

From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home by Hope, Laura Lee

Then the steps dropped and he slid in; lifted them again as he lay on his back, and heard the spring catch as they closed.

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh

At the end of its swing it engages with another spring catch.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

It was the iron shaft of the crutch, and it was ingeniously fashioned with a spring catch that obviously fitted into a socket in the now missing armpiece of the crutch.

From Doors of the Night by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)