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.
Source : WordNet®
latched
adj : firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and
doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the
house properly secured" [syn: {barred}, {bolted}, {fast},
{locked}, {secured}]