doorjamb
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doorjamb (plural doorjambs)
- Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel.
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 123:
- There was a ball-pein hammer on a ledge above the doorjamb and Kidd reached up softly and took it down.
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upright post on either side of the door
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