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drawlatches

drawlatches is the plural of drawlatch.

Meaning of drawlatch

Noun

drawlatch (plural drawlatches)

  1. (obsolete) A housebreaker or thief
  2. A fastener consisting of a latch body mounted on one side of a door or lid, and a hook or catch mounted on the opposite side. When the latch is engaged, the hook or catch pulls the two sides tightly together, creating a secure closure.

Questions about drawlatches

What is drawlatches the plural of?
Drawlatches is the plural of drawlatch.

Words near drawlatches in the dictionary

  1. drawknob
  2. drawknobs
  3. drawks
  4. drawl
  5. drawlatch
  6. drawlatches
  7. drawled
  8. drawler
  9. drawlers
  10. drawlier
  11. drawliest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drawlatches (page history and authors); drawlatch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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