doorpost
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See also: door-post
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
doorpost (plural doorposts)
- Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel; doorjamb.
- 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 40:
- In every house a he-lamb was to be slain, and its blood to be sprinkled on the doorposts of the house.
Derived terms
Translations
doorjamb — see doorjamb
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