relatch

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ latch.

Verb

relatch (third-person singular simple present relatches, present participle relatching, simple past and past participle relatched)

1. To latch again
   • 1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Sign of the Broken Sword”, in The Innocence of Father Brown:

     They descended the precipitous path, they relatched the rusty gate, and set off at a stamping, ringing walk down the frozen forest road.

Anagrams

• Chetral, archlet, clethra, trachel-