hinging post

1. 1.

   the gatepost on which the gate is hung

   Synonymsswinging post

   Broadergatepost

Questions about hinging post

What does hinging post mean?

hinging post means "the gatepost on which the gate is hung".

What is another word for hinging post?

Close synonyms include swinging post. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hinging post a common word?

hinging post is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.