latchet
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English lachet, from Old French lachet, variant of lacet, diminutive of laz (“lace”).
Noun[edit]
latchet (plural latchets)
- A small lever action crossbow with the cocking lever built into the top of the stock and a top mounted trigger.
- (obsolete) A thong or cord, especially one used to fasten a shoe.
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark:
- a stronger than I commeth after me, whos shue latchett I am not worthy to stoupe doune and unlose.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
latchet (plural latchets)
- A small latch, as for a gate.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Anticipation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 31:
- A little wicket opened into a half-wilderness, half-shrubbery, whose narrow pathway was chequered by the soft light that found its way through the densely-grown plantation. As she turned to secure the latchet, the voice of music came upon her ear.