"Hinge-house"?

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Mon Jan 29 14:58:45 UTC 2007


In the description of a farm  in 1607 (Nottinghamshire):

"Scattered about the hinge-houses and lean-to sheds were wagons."

What's a "hinge-house" ?

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