'hinging post' definitions:
Definition of 'hinging post'
From: WordNet
noun
The gatepost on which the gate is hung [syn: hinging post, swinging post]
Definition of 'hinging post'
From: GCIDE
- Gatepost \Gate"post`\ (g[=a]t"p[=o]st`), n.
- 1. A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also {swinging post} or hinging post. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post. [1913 Webster]