Doorpost
[dɒ:pәust]
Definition
(n.) The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.
Editor: Mervin
Examples
- There were so many lodgers in this house that the doorpost seemed to be as full of bell-handles as a cathedral organ is of stops. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Very,' said Lowten, scribbling his name on the doorpost with his pen, and rubbing it out again with the feather. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They were found sculptured on the doorposts at the entrance to the tomb of a high official of one of the Pharaohs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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