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Webster 1913 Edition
Deadlatch
Dead′latchˊ
,Noun.
A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.
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Definition 2024
deadlatch
deadlatch
English
Noun
deadlatch (plural deadlatches)
- A kind of latch whose bolt may be locked by a detent so that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.