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Definition of Doorpost
1. Noun. A jamb for a door.
Definition of Doorpost
1. n. The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.
Definition of Doorpost
1. Noun. doorjamb ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doorpost
1. a doorjamb [n -S] - See also: doorjamb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doorpost
Literary usage of Doorpost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"This interesting relic was in use as the lower part of a doorpost, and arrangements
have heen made for its acquisition by the ahove-mentioned Society. ..."
2. The Library Magazine (1887)
"The exact position of this line depends on the proportion which the amount of
the recoil of the outer edge bears to the direct motion of the doorpost. ..."
3. Record of Christian Work edited by Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt (1910)
""Mezuzah"—literally, "doorpost"—is the name given to a rectangular piece of
parchment, inscribed with both passages from Deuteronomy. ..."
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