Definition of Strap hinge

1. Noun. A hinge with two long straps; one strap is fastened to the surface of a moving part (e.g., a door or lid) and the other is fastened to the adjacent stationary frame.

Exact synonyms: Joint Hinge
Generic synonyms: Flexible Joint, Hinge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strap Hinge

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strangulating
strangulation
strangulations
stranguric
stranguries
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strangury
strannik
stranniks
stranskiite
strap
strap-on
strap-ons
strap fern
strap hinge (current term)
strap on
strap on a pair
strap ons
strap strategy
strap up
straped
straphang
straphanged
straphanger
straphangers
straphanging
straphangs
straphung
straping

Literary usage of Strap hinge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and edited by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"A strap hinge with both leaves flaring from the pin in the form of a Dovetail. ... A form of strap hinge with leaves enlarged so that when the hinge is open ..."

2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"A strap hinge with both leaves flaring from the pin in the form of a Dovetail. ... A form of strap hinge with leaves enlarged so that when the hinge is open ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1909)
"The light-strap hinge, which is shown in Fig. 12 (a), is so termed because of its light construction and narrow joint. This hinge is made in inch sizes, ..."

4. Manual Training Magazine (1911)
"We will take for a description of process the making of a strap hinge. Hinges consist of four parts; the butt, which is the short end, the strap which is ..."

5. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which by Master Car-Builders' Association, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Calvin A. Smith, Leander Garey, Matthias Nace Forney (1888)
"Strap-hinge. 1. Fig. 783. A door-hinge, the two parts of which are made longer ... The main part of a strap hinge. Strap-sheave (postal cars). Fig. 1078. ..."

6. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"Strap-hinges and T hinges are made in sizes varying- by inches from 3 to 16 for the length of each leaf of the strap-hinge, ..."

7. Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United by District Court (Illinois, District Court (Indiana, District Court (Wisconsin, Josiah Hooker Bissell, Circuit Court (7th Circuit, United States (1878)
"The defendant does not use Vogler's strap hinge and socket, but in place of it he uses a hook and socket, .or roller and socket—not the pintle and socket of ..."

8. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1906)
"Where there is room to use the strap hinge, as for trap doors, it should be preferred. Strap and T-hinges are made in sizes varying by inches from 3 to 14 ..."

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