Crossword clues for latchstring
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Latchstring \Latch"string`\, n. A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door.
To find the latchstring out, to meet with hospitality; to be welcome. (Intrusion is prevented by drawing in the latchstring.) [Colloq. U.S.]
Wiktionary
n. A string attached to a latch allowing it to be disengaged from the opposite side.
WordNet
n. opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside
Usage examples of "latchstring".
Uulamets said from the porch, and pulled the latchstring in haste, bringing the door open, bringing a gold flood of firelight out onto them, to make shadows on the porch.
He began to thread the latchstring through the hole in the door, muttering something singsong as he did so.
She did not leave the door until she saw the end of the latchstring slide through the hole, then she went down the way they had come, stopping for a moment to speak to the gray woman who emerged, like a phantom out of smoke, at the bottom of the stairs.
He was still standing just inside the front door, and now he gently made sure that the door was tightly closed, and pulled the latchstring in, not wanting interruption.
Sulun reached up, poked two fingers through the hole, and scrabbled for the latchstring beyond it, choking off a curse as he missed.
He pulled the latchstring with his left hand and pushed the door open with his foot, the rifle ready.