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Definition of Shutting post
1. Noun. The gatepost against which the gate closes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shutting Post
Literary usage of Shutting post
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The National Farmer's and Housekeeper's Cyclopaedia: A Complete Ready by Frank M. Lupton (1888)
"The sill should have about one inch down grade toward the shutting post, and be
spiked fast tc A GOOD FARM GATE. the posts. The gate is made of any width ..."
2. The Canadian Farmer's Manual of Agriculture: The Principles and Practice of by Charles Edward Whitcombe (1874)
"The sill should have about one inch down grade toward the shutting post, and be
spiked fast to the posts. The gate is made of any width lumber, ..."
3. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and General by James Brown (1861)
"Next, instead of the gate being made to shut right between the posts, it ought
to be shut upon the face or outside of the shutting-post d; ..."
4. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and General by James Brown (1851)
"Next, instead of the gate being made to shut right between the posts, it ought
to be shut upon the face or outside of the shutting-post d; ..."
5. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"Next, instead of the gate being made to shut right between the posts, it ought
to be shut upon the face or outside of the shutting-post d— this is ..."
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