door catch

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A device for fastening a door or gate; usually opened manually from one side only.

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Reinstall the doors and install the door catches. Install them where you attached the support blocks.

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* The Vauxhall Meriva's rear doors are hinged at the rear with the door catch on the central pillar

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This door stays cool to the touch and a protective door catch mechanism allows hot steam to escape prior to door opening, so preventing any risk of burning.

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When she released the door catch the defendant and a 17-year-old accomplice walked in, claiming they were from Woodbridge Road police station in Moseley.

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recently received the patent for its adjustable door catch hardware design.

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Thief smashed front passenger side window, reached through and released door catch to get inside and steal CD player from dashboard.

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The 19-month-old boy was in the back of a Vauxhall Astra with his father when he grabbed the door catch and tumbled out, to be run over by a Volvo estate car and dragged along in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

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The door catch was a loop of plastic and the windows slid sideways to open.

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Derby and South Derbyshire coroner Peter Ashworth recorded a verdict of accidental death after hearing how the nearside door catch on the 24-year-old vehicle was difficult to close.