Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Latch \Latch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Latched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Latching}.] [OE. lacchen. See {Latch}. n.]
   1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.]

            Those that remained threw darts at our men, and
            latching our darts, sent them again at us.
                                                  --Golding.

   2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.

            The door was only latched.            --Locke.

Latching \Latch"ing\, n. (Naut.)
   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}. [Usually in pl.]