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Definition of Doorjamb
1. Noun. A jamb for a door.
Definition of Doorjamb
1. Noun. Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doorjamb
1. a vertical piece at the side of a doorway [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doorjamb
Literary usage of Doorjamb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"He cautiously peeked around the doorjamb, playing it up for comic effect. "Give me
the knife," he said. "Awww," she said, handing it over, butt first. ..."
2. Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First by Daniel T. Potts, Hasan Al Naboodah, Peter Hellyer (2003)
"It contains several paving stones with doorjamb impressions and within the inner
socle, a deep doorjamb. The central room is Hanked by several rectangular ..."
3. Containment Performance of Prototypical Reactor Containments Subjected to ...by E. W. Klamerus by E. W. Klamerus (2000)
"Depending on the relative flexibilities of the door and door jambs, the door may
deflect to follow the doorjamb and thus maintain metal to metal contact, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1890)
"Its construction does not seem to be of an earlier date than that of the shop at
the corner of the church.close, which bears date on the doorjamb of 1679, ..."
5. Annals of Ophthalmology (1916)
"Dr. AC Magruder presented RS, aged fourteen years, who on January 5, 1('16, had
his head caught between the door and the doorjamb. Two days later his eye ..."
6. How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly (1921)
"On the lintel of its portal of creamy-white marble— Classic, Saracenic, Romanesque,
and Gothic, with doorjamb bas-reliefs of Peter and Paul, ..."
7. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"... here at floor level, anticipates its counterparts on the crown molding ofthe
marble metopes abruptly overhead, on the crown ofthe main-doorjamb capitals ..."
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