spring catch
noun
a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
Origin of spring catch
1First recorded in 1835–45
Words Nearby spring catch
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How to use spring catch in a sentence
And that windows should slide up and down in their frames, and stop at certain places with a spring-catch!
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairShe may even have slipped back the spring-catch of the outer door.
She Stands Accused | Victor MacClureIndeed, 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)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 BentonWhen 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
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