[CROSS- 3 b.] ‘A species of hinge formed thus ⊦, with the vertical part fastened to the style or jamb of the doorcase, and the horizontal part to the door or shutter’ (Gwilt).
1659. Willsford, Scales Comm., Archit., 25. Crosse garnet hinges are usually not so strong.
1663. Gerbier, Counsel, 95. Hung with cross-garnets.
1703. Moxon, Mech. Exerc., 18. When the Joint … on the Tail, is pind in the Joint … in the Cross, the whole Hinge is called a Cross-Garnet.
1881. Every Man his own Mechanic, § 836. A pair of Ｔ hinges, sometimes called cross-garnets, must be screwed to the jamb.
