Doorless

door (dôr, d

a. A movable structure used to close off an entrance, typically consisting of a panel that swings on hinges or that slides or rotates.

b. A similar part on a piece of furniture or a vehicle.

2. A doorway.

3. The room or building to which a door belongs: They live three doors down the hall.

4. A means of approach or access: looking for the door to success.

tr.v. doored, door·ing, doors

1. Slang To strike (a passing bicyclist, for example) by suddenly opening a vehicular door.

2. To serve as a doorman or doorwoman of (a nightclub, for example).

Idioms:

at (someone's) door

As a charge holding someone responsible: You shouldn't lay the blame for the fiasco at her door.

close/shut the door on

To refuse to allow for the possibility of: The secretary of state closed the door on future negotiations.

leave the door open

To allow for the possibility of: Let's leave the door open for future stylistic changes.

show (someone) the door Informal

1. To eject (someone) from the premises.

2. To terminate the employment of; fire.

[Middle English dor, from Old English duru, dor; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.]

doorless adj.

door A. rails B. stiles C. muntins

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paternoster

Men, women, children, wan in their looks and ragged in attire, tended the engines, fed their tributary fire, begged upon the road, or scowled half-naked from the doorless houses.

The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context

But at the doorless entrance to the lazarette aft, he threw caution to the winds and darted in in pursuit of the new scent that came to his nostrils.

Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context

Their appearance was not calculated to attract the importunate regards of such of London's destitute population, as chanced to take their way over the bridge that night in search of some cold arch or doorless hovel wherein to lay their heads; they stood there in silence: neither speaking nor spoken to, by any one who passed.

Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context

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