"latching" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2012 March 4, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:",
          "text": "A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.",
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        "The act of fastening a latch."
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        "A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail."
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        "(nautical) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail."
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