doorpost

See also: door-post

English

Alternative forms

door-post (archaic)

Etymology

door +‎ post

Noun

doorpost (plural doorposts)

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

deaf as a doorpost

Translations

doorjamb — see doorjamb

Anagrams

doorstop

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