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Posted: 16 Jun 2021


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Hinge

Hinge
A movable joint or mechanism on which a door, gate, or lid swings as it opens and closes or which connects linked objects.

hinge (n.)

late 14c., "movable joint of a gate or door," not found in Old English, cognate with Middle Dutch henghe "hook, handle," Middle Low German henge "hinge," from Proto-Germanic *hanhan (transitive), *hangen (intransitive), from PIE *konk- "to hang" (see hang (v.)). The notion is the thing from which a door hangs. Figurative sense of "that on which events, etc., turn" is from c.1600. Stamp-collecting sense is from 1883.

hinge (v.)

c. 1600, "to bend," from hinge (n.). Meaning "turn on, depend" (figuratively) is from 1719. Related: Hinged; hinging.

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 Thérèse
Thérèse club
Sur quoi tournent les événements … ben oui, faut une charnière pour faire basculer les choses !
Bien fait, bien pense bien partagé
3 years ago.

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