A real helm of this type is in the Tower collection: the ventail opens by means of hingeson the side (see Archæol.
On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.
To their anxious ears it seemed impossible that the noise of its rusty hinges could not be heard on the topmost battlement.
With such hinges a rubber stop should be fixed on the floor or other convenient place to prevent undue strain through the door being forced back.
Hinges of brass or gun-metal are used in special circumstances.
Common forms ofhinges used on ledged doors are the cross garnet and the strap.
They are usually hung by wrought-iron cross garnet or straphinges fixed with screws or through bolts and nuts.
The hinges settled back on the panels, the posts returned to the bars, and the bolts flew back to their sockets again.
Then he noticed that one of the hinges of the door had given way, and the door hung so slanting that he could slip through the crack into the room; and that is what he did.
I had just fallen asleep, when suddenly the door was burst open with such violence that it was evidently not done by robbers; the hinges were absolutely broken and wrenched off, and it was thrown to the ground.
Horney," she said, "a great deal hinges upon this letter.
A gate was wrenched from its hinges and carried across the yard.
His crime is no less heinous because his victim is colored--the crime in either case is blacker than the hinges of midnight.
I will break through the hinges with a crowbar and two-edged iron.
All day within the dreamy house, The doors upon their hinges creaked; The blue fly sung in the pane; the mouse Behind the moldering wainscot shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about.
Those Graces were that seemed grim Fates; With nearer love the sky leaned o'er me; The long-sought Secret's golden gates On musical hinges swung before me.
Hang them with a pair of butt hingesopposite the ends of the cleats.
Fit and hang a T-brace with a pair of butt hingeson each side of the swing tops.
I was proud of the chest, now equipped with iron hingesand a hasp and staple.
It closely resembles the pivot hinges sometimes used in mediæval Europe in connection with massive gates for closing masonry passages; in such cases the prolonged pivots worked in cavities of stone sills and lintels.
H&L hinges and three pounds of bird lime, were but a few of the items listed.
The Lee family seems to have had a leaning toward brass hardware, and like the hinges in the great hall at Stratford, unusual brass latches and locks are here plentiful.
The old tavern faces the street bravely, and the sturdy, paneled front door swings on H&L hinges as in days long past.
The metal hinges and corners of this are of chased brass and of English or Dutch workmanship.
The handles, locks, and escutcheons of the two drawers are old, but the hinges above are modern copies of old designs, and the handles of the cupboards are modern replicas.
Hinges and lock escutcheons and handles to drawers must not be neglected in order to acquire a sound working knowledge of the peculiarities of the different periods.
The better preserved specimens have still their old drop-handles and hingesof brass.
The escutcheon of the lac cabinet is illustrated in detail as a tailpiece to this chapter to show the particular style of work found on the locks and hinges and drawer-handles of pieces of this nature.
The doors were exactly like those of modern times, except in the matter of hinges, for while the Romans had hinges like ours they did not use them on their doors.
The material was usually wood, often bound with iron and ornamented with hinges and locks of bronze.
They were often divided into compartments and were always supplied with hinges and locks.
Opening the rickety gate which, dangling on its broken hinges before one of these, half admitted and half repulsed the visitor, Nicholas knocked at the street door with a faltering hand.
One fine morning when all the hinges had been well tested and oiled, and when all the wires were well fixed, the coup d'état was carried out all at once, abruptly.
Couldn't we anchor it on to this wall with a couple of hinges and then its two legs will be a good enough prop?
Then you line them and arrange the fastening and hinges just as you described for the string box?
This development of the home feeling of course hinges upon the theory of private property rights; and on another of our peculiar specialties, the exaltation of blood-relationships.
This open door of senseless extravagance hinges directly upon the idle wife.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hinges" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
