Deadlatch
Pronunciation : Dead"latch`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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. Knight.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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