LATCH
-noun
1. a fastening for a gate or door that consists of a bar
that may be slid or lowered into a groove, hole, etc.
2. a spring-loaded door lock that can be opened by a key
from outside
3. Also called: latch circuit (electronics) a logic circuit
that transfers the input states to the output states when signalled, the output
thereafter remaining insensitive to changes in input status until signalled
again
-verb
4. to fasten, fit, or be fitted with or as if with a latch
We stayed in this old place where
Storm kept us captive and awake
A door escaped its latch
And banged about all night
But when we looked for it
Come morning – in the mist
There wasn’t one to find
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