Clatch the door!

While at our maternal grandparents house for the summer in 1985 or 86, my sister, brother, and I coined a new word – clatch.

Clatch - to close the door, but not latch it.

One might say, "Could you clatch the door when you leave?" or "The door is clatched"

To give picture, a clatched door would like this: the latch bolt of the door would not go into the latch hole, but would rest on the door plate. Note: this is different from leaving the door cracked because while there may be a sliver of light that comes in, the door is all but shut.

This word comes in handy more than you might expect, and I hope you will all start using it.

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