latch-stringn.

Brit.

/ˈlatʃstrɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈlætʃˌstrɪŋ/

A string passed through a hole in a door so that the latch may be raised from the outside. Hence figurative in U.S. colloquial phrases.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door fittings > devices for securing door > latch-string

sneck-band14..

draw latch1614

sneck-string1758

latch-string1791

1791 in W. R. Jillson Tales Dark & Bloody Ground (1930) 109 The doors and the window shutters are..secured by stout bars on the inside with a latch-string of leather hanging out.

1859 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1857–8 3 342 It is but another proof of the well known characteristics of the people of the west, that they are always to be found with ‘their latch strings out’.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner iv. 72 Intending to shake the door and pull the latch-string up and down, not doubting that the door was fastened.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Jan. 6/2 We have..hung our latch-string out to you and yours.

1888 E. Eggleston Graysons xxiv. 254 Zeke impatiently rattled the door of the cabin, the latch-string of which had been drawn in to lock it.

1889 in Times 5 Mar. 9/2 Her [the United States'] free latchstring never was drawn in Against the meanest child of Adam's kin.

1893 Advance (Chicago) 16 Mar. 209 ‘Our latch string is out’, has become a classic expression of cordial hospitality.

1895 Daily News 19 Apr. 4/7 The latch-string of English society hangs outside the door for an American.

1937 V. D. Scudder On Journey iii. ii. 298 Especially at Commencement time, when the latch-string hangs out for returning alumnae.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	latch-string
释义	latch-stringn. Brit. /ˈlatʃstrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlætʃˌstrɪŋ/ A string passed through a hole in a door so that the latch may be raised from the outside. Hence figurative in U.S. colloquial phrases. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door fittings > devices for securing door > latch-string sneck-band14.. draw latch1614 sneck-string1758 latch-string1791 1791 in W. R. Jillson Tales Dark & Bloody Ground (1930) 109 The doors and the window shutters are..secured by stout bars on the inside with a latch-string of leather hanging out. 1859 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1857–8 3 342 It is but another proof of the well known characteristics of the people of the west, that they are always to be found with ‘their latch strings out’. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner iv. 72 Intending to shake the door and pull the latch-string up and down, not doubting that the door was fastened. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Jan. 6/2 We have..hung our latch-string out to you and yours. 1888 E. Eggleston Graysons xxiv. 254 Zeke impatiently rattled the door of the cabin, the latch-string of which had been drawn in to lock it. 1889 in Times 5 Mar. 9/2 Her [the United States'] free latchstring never was drawn in Against the meanest child of Adam's kin. 1893 Advance (Chicago) 16 Mar. 209 ‘Our latch string is out’, has become a classic expression of cordial hospitality. 1895 Daily News 19 Apr. 4/7 The latch-string of English society hangs outside the door for an American. 1937 V. D. Scudder On Journey iii. ii. 298 Especially at Commencement time, when the latch-string hangs out for returning alumnae. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1791
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