latching

The act of fastening a latch.

Adjective

  1. That latches.
    • A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. - 2012 March 5, Henry...

Noun

  1. The act of fastening a latch.
  2. A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.
  3. The situation where one speaker's utterance immediately follows another speaker's utterance, without pause or overlap.

Forms

latchings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of latch