Bible Dictionaries
Latching

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Latch

(2):

(n.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; - called also latch and lasket.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Latching'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/latching.html. 1828.