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.

Papilio feronia, a Brazilian species capable of making "a clicking noise, similar to that produced by a toothed wheel passing under a spring catch."

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

I claim the sliding wedge bolt, F, in combination with the sliding spring catch, K, and cases, E J, as herein described, for the purpose specified.

From Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various

She belonged to the fishing village at the harbour mouth and her father had, for thirty years, made a practice of sending a mess from his first spring catch to the manse.

From Rainbow Valley by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

You hear continually of the fall run and the spring catch of mackerel that set in but don't stop to bait.

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler