spring bolt
51Strike plate — A strike plate is a metal plate affixed to a door jamb with a hole or holes for the bolt of the door. When the door is closed, the bolt extends into the hole in the strike plate, and holds the door closed. The strike plate protects the jamb… …
52knob lock — a lock having a spring bolt moved by a knob or knobs, and a dead bolt moved by a key. [1805 15] * * * …
53night latch — noun doorlock operated by a knob on the inside and a key on the outside • Hypernyms: ↑doorlock * * * noun or night lock : a door lock having a spring bolt operated from the outside by a key and from the inside by a knob * * * a door lock operated …
54deadlatch — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a spring bolt latch in which the bolt is deadlocked against end pressure but may be retracted by either the knob or the key …
55night latch — noun Date: 1854 a door lock having a spring bolt operated from the outside by a key and from the inside by a knob …
56bagatelle — /bag euh tel /, n. 1. something of little value or importance; a trifle. 2. a game played on a board having holes at one end into which balls are to be struck with a cue. 3. pinball. 4. a short and light musical composition, typically for the… …
57knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides. * * * …
58gallop — v 1. ride at full speed, rack, canter, lope; prance, frisk. 2. race, speed, zoom, rush, tear along, run, bound, sprint; hurry, hasten, post, hie, flee; dash, whisk, whiz, spank; dart, shoot, spring, bolt; scamper, scurry, scuttle, scud …
59straight knife — n. a bypass tool for manipulating a spring bolt directly behind the cylinder plug …
60drawback — n. 1 a thing that impairs satisfaction; a disadvantage. 2 (foll. by from) a deduction. 3 an amount of excise or import duty paid back or remitted on goods exported. Phrases and idioms: drawback lock a lock with a spring bolt that can be drawn… …
