'Out of doors' definitions:
Definition of 'out of doors'
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Definition of 'Out of doors'
From: GCIDE
- Door \Door\, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th["u]r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan. d["o]r, Sw. d["o]rr, Goth. daur, Lith. durys, Russ. dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores, Gr. ?; cf. Skr. dur, dv[=a]ra. [root]246. Cf. Foreign.]
- 1. An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way. [1913 Webster]
- To the same end, men several paths may tread, As many doors into one temple lead. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened. [1913 Webster]
- At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Passage; means of approach or access. [1913 Webster]
- I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. --John x. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads. [1913 Webster]
- Martin's office is now the second door in the street. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- Blank door, Blind door, etc. (Arch.) See under Blank, Blind, etc.
- In doors, or Within doors, within the house.
- Next door to, near to; bordering on. [1913 Webster]
- A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult. --L'Estrange.
- Out of doors, or Without doors, and, [colloquially], {Out doors}, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost. [1913 Webster]
- His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. --Locke.
- To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door, to charge one with a fault; to blame for.
- To lie at one's door, to be imputable or chargeable to. [1913 Webster]
- If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Out of doors'
- Door,
- Dooring,
- In doors,
- Out doors,
- doors,
- door-to-door,
- Back door,
- Batten door,
- Blank door,
- Blind door,
- Clack door,
- Dead door,
- Death's door,
- Door County,
- Door, WI,
- Dutch door,
- False door,
- Feed door,
- Folding door,
- Fore door,
- Front door,
- Jib door,
- Next door to,
- Screen door,
- Stage door,
- Storm door,
- Street door,
- To lie at the door of,
- To make the doors,
- To swing a door,
- Venetian door,
- Weather door,
- Wicket door,
- Within doors,
- Without doors,
- accordion door,
- barn door,
- car door,
- cargo door,
- door guard,
- door latch,
- door prize,
- double door,
- exterior door,
- fire door,
- french door,
- half door,
- hatchback door,
- heck door,
- interior door,
- louvered door,
- next door,
- open door,
- out-of-door,
- out-of-doors,
- outside door,
- revolving door,
- service door,
- show the door,
- side door,
- sliding door,
- swing door,
- swinging door,
- trap door,
- Door County, WI,
- To keep the wolf from the door,
- To lie at one's door,
- Without-door,
- closed-door,
- bi-fold door,
- door-key child,
- open-door policy,
- trap-door spider,
- To lay a fault misfortune etc at one's door