spring catch

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of spring catch¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

And that windows should slide up and down in their frames, and stop at certain places with a spring-catch!

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She may even have slipped back the spring-catch of the outer door.

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Indeed, by pressing on the spring-catch they released the two gates, which drew aside, and the mass rushed through.

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Are we to suffer the machinery and the working of our boasted constitution to be arrested by a spring-catch, applied in the dark?

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When lifted out of the case, spread the two parts forming the base, which are then held by a spring-catch.

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