щеко́лда — meaning in English

English meaning

• latch noun A simple fastening for a door or gate, worked by a bar or lever.
• slot noun A narrow opening or groove designed to fit something into, or an assigned place in a schedule or sequence.
• stake noun A pointed piece of wood or metal driven into the ground as a marker or support.

Senses

щеко́лда is used for these senses in English:

• latch A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
• slot (Scotland, Northern England) An implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
• stake A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.

latch — full definition

1. noun A simple fastening for a door or gate, worked by a bar or lever.
2. verb To fasten or close something with a latch.
3. verb To grab onto or fix firmly onto something, often figuratively.

slot — full definition

1. noun A narrow opening or groove designed to fit something into, or an assigned place in a schedule or sequence.
2. verb To fit or assign something neatly into its place.

Related Russian words