Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Gate-posts

The post on which the gate hangs and swings is called the “hanging-post”; that against which it shuts is called the “banging post.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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