Etymology

latchet

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Today it means: A small lever action crossbow with the cocking lever built into the top of the stock and a top mounted trigger. Full definition →

Middle English lachet ← Old French lachet
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latchet · noun1

  1. Old French · derived fromlachet
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlachet
  3. English todaylatchet

From Middle English lachet, from Old French lachet, variant of lacet, diminutive of laz (“lace”).

latchet · noun2

From latch + -et.

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