D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Latching

· Latch·ing · IPA /lˈætʃɪŋ/
01 n. A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and lasket.
  1. 1.
    A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and lasket.(Naut.) [Usually in pl.] Also: latch, lasket