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heel-post
a. The post to which a door or gate is fastened.
b. Ship-building. The post which supports a propeller shaft at the outer end, nearest the screw (Webster 1864).
c. The outer post which supports a stall-partition in a stable.
1846Loudon's Encycl. Cott. Archit. Gloss., Heel-posts, to which the stalls of a stable are attached. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Heel-post..(2) That stile of a gate to which the hinges are attached. (3) The post to which a door or gate is hung. (4) The quoin-post of a lock-gate. 1893Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. Mar. 58 Additional security may be given to the heel-post..by nailing on to it slabs of timber. |