lacche
See also: lacchè
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lacche f
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Etymology edit
From lacchen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize””).
Noun edit
lacche (plural lacches)
- latch (of a door)
- trap
- c. 1370s. Geoffrey Chaucer. The Romaunt of the Rose. 1623-4
- Love wil noon other bridde cacche,
Though he sette either net or lacche.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1370s. Geoffrey Chaucer. The Romaunt of the Rose. 1623-4
Descendants edit
- English: latch