deadlatch

English

Etymology

From dead +‎ latch.

Noun

deadlatch (plural deadlatches)

  1. 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.

Derived terms

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