Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That post of a door-frame to which the hinges of the door are fixed. The other is the shutting-post.
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The other is turned downward, and serves as the hanging-post of a gate.
Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861
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