A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.(noun)
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Use "latching" in a sentence
"However, Westpac have the right approach in latching onto the iPhone in order to promote its new website, it is after all the mobile device of the moment."
"They have always been a pleasure in latching into great fish."
"Shikhar Kafle had put the game back in level terms latching on a pass from Manish Rajitkar but was ruled offside."