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spring catch

noun

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

Words nearby spring catch

spring balance, spring beauty, spring binder, spring break, spring cankerworm, spring catch, spring chicken, spring conjunctivitis, spring ephemeral, spring equinox, spring fever

Origin of spring catch

First recorded in 1835–45

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Examples from the Web for spring catch

She may even have slipped back the spring-catch of the outer door.
She Stands Accused|Victor MacClure
Indeed, by pressing on the spring-catch they released the two gates, which drew aside, and the mass rushed through.
The Countess of Charny|Alexandre Dumas (pere)
When lifted out of the case, spread the two parts forming the base, which are then held by a spring-catch.
Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus|Ernst Leitz
And that windows should slide up and down in their frames, and stop at certain places with a spring-catch!
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair

Are we to suffer the machinery and the working of our boasted constitution to be arrested by a spring-catch, applied in the dark?
Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton

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