Home › Words › L › latchetlatchetlatchet means A small lever action crossbow with the cocking lever built into the top of the stock and a top mounted trigger.EtymologyFrom Middle English lachet, from Old French lachet, variant of lacet, diminutive of laz (“lace”).nounA small lever action crossbow with the cocking lever built into the top of the stock and a top mounted trigger.A thong or cord, especially one used to fasten a shoe.e.g.“a stronger than I commeth after me, whos shue latchett I am not worthy to stoupe doune and unlose.” — 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark:A small latch, as for a gate.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).