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butt hinge

–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).


Origin:
1780–90
butt hinge  
n.  A hinge composed of two plates attached to abutting surfaces of a door and door jamb and joined by a pin.

[From butt2.]

Butt hinge

Butt" hinge`\ See 1st Butt, 10.
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