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butt hinge

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noun

a hinge for a door or the like, secured to the butting surfaces rather than to the adjacent sides of the door and its frame.Compare flap(def 20a).

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Nearby words

butsudan, butt, butt bra, butt chisel, butt end, butt hinge, butt in, butt joint, butt plate, butt shaft, butt stroke

Origin of butt hinge

First recorded in 1780–90
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Examples from the Web for butt hinge

  • In attaching a butt-hinge, the essential thing is to sink the hinge into the wood, exactly the thickness of the knuckle.

    Handwork in Wood|William Noyes

British Dictionary definitions for butt hinge

butt hinge

noun

a hinge made of two matching leaves, one recessed into a door and the other into the jamb so that they are in contact when the door is shutsometimes shortened to butt 1
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