单词 | rehinge |
释义 | rehingev. transitive. To provide with new hinges; (in early use figurative) to put back in order or into proper condition. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with hinge > again rehinge1660 1660 W. Yeokney Speech to Lord Gen. Monk at Drapers-Hall (single sheet) The spirit of division is now laid, The Genius of three Nations in one made; You have re-hing'd our happynesse. 1839 G. Stephens Gertrude & Beatrice (ed. 2) ii. iii. 44 Antique maid! Etherial! Calm! that hast the might to rehinge This loosen'd globe when Mutiny's broke loose. 1845 W. Bernan Warming & Ventilating Rooms & Buildings II. 308 The door re-hinged if needful to open to the passage, and the curtain drawn up by a string going through a loop. 1901 Des Moines (Iowa) Daily News 3 Apr. 6/1 Officer Bean served notice on Woodward to replace the furniture which he had thrown from the room and re-hinge the door which he had broken from its fastenings. 2001 A. J. Clarke in D. Miller Home Possessions ii. 38 The bedroom doors have been removed and re-hinged to allow room for hand-made customized louvred cupboards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1660 |
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