latchstring

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A string attached to a latch allowing it to be disengaged from the opposite side
{i} string which passes through a door (for opening the latch from the outside)
opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside
It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door
A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside