- snipe hinge
- noun
: an early American Colonial furniture hinge consisting of a pair of half-round iron wires doubled back like cotter pins, linked by the eyes, and clinched into the wood at the sharp outer ends
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
snipe hinge
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