iron hinge

collocation in English

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iron
noun
uk
/aɪən/us
/aɪrn/
a chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts ...
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hinge
noun[C]
uk
/hɪndʒ/us
/hɪndʒ/
a piece of metal that fastens the edge of a door, window, lid, etc. to something else and allows it to open ...
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(Definition ofironandhingefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The visor was originally attached to the headpiece via anironhinge, which has not survived; its existence has been inferred from the presence of powdery deposits of iron residue.
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A doorway, with a 19th-century two-part wooden door with iron hinges, is recessed into an aedicula with a corbelled pointed arch and a gable above.
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Doors had wrought iron hinges, handles and lock plates.
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The church entrance has a massive wooden door with wrought iron hinges and fastenings.
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The doors are all hung on decorative iron hinges.
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The chest is made of oak with iron hinges and lock.
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Straightforward lines predominate, with little or no decoration, other than that which is incidental to function, such as forged iron hinges and latches.
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The interior consists of a sawn oak board floor and a sawn chestnut ceiling, and was accessed by a white pine door on iron hinges.
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They have their original iron hinges and transom with wooden tracery.
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The closets' oak doors (oak is a very durable tree) have tinned iron hinges.
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The nave door within the porch incorporates large elaborate wrought iron hinges, and is set within a moulded cusped (lobed) door surround.
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The smokehouse, constructed around 1850, is built of hewn logs and is accessed by a board and batten door with iron hinges.
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