"Hinge-house"?

[Jonathon Green]

Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> In the description of a farm  in 1607 (Nottinghamshire):
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> "Scattered about the hinge-houses and lean-to sheds were wagons."
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> What's a "hinge-house" ?
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Wright (EDD) defines _hinge_ as a gatepost, thus maybe this is a small
gatehouse. It seems to work for the context.

JG

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