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butt hinge

noun
  1. 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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Origin of butt hinge

First recorded in 1780–90
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Historical Examples

  • 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
  1. 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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