relatch

verb

relatch

verb

Etymology From re- + latch.

1

To latch again

  • They descended the precipitous path, they relatched the rusty gate, and set off at a stamping, ringing walk down the frozen forest road.1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Sign of the Broken Sword”, in The Innocence of Father Brown:

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