hinge
noun
a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
hingeless
-
a word derived from
hinge.
Example Sentences
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The stove door still hung hingeless in his hand.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
And however many times the carpenter might mend the door, it always remained hingeless, for she burst it open with her foot every time she brought in wood.
From Weird Tales from Northern Seas by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
A flame rose up widin me feeble heart, Whin passin' through me cabin's hingeless dure, I saw the mark of Shylie's coffin in The grey dust on the empty earthen flure.
From Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Isabella Valancy Crawford
The chairs are broken-down invalids; the wretched little hempen mats slip away from under your feet without slipping away for good; and finally, the foot-warmers are miserable wrecks, hingeless, charred, broken away about the holes.
From Father Goriot by Ellen Marriage
Broken fences and hingeless gates were the rule, and not the exception, in the grounds.
From Peter's Mother by Mrs. Henry De La Pasture
