Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The structure forming the skeleton of a paneled door.

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  • noun Alternative form of doorframe.

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Examples

  • Then, all at once, the fury left her in one great puff, and she sagged against the door-frame.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • He was returned to prison, and the real torture started: beatings, being tied to the door-frame of his cell, months of isolation.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • "Not going to happen, John," I said through clinched teeth, as Roberta and I sealed the chinks between the door and the foyer door-frame with newspapers.

    Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: The Squirrel Amongst the Razors in Occam's Butter Churn Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2012

  • "Not going to happen, John," I said through clinched teeth, as Roberta and I sealed the chinks between the door and the foyer door-frame with newspapers.

    Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: The Squirrel Amongst the Razors in Occam's Butter Churn Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2012

  • He had entered the tiring room unnoticed and was insouciantly lounging against the door-frame.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • He had entered the tiring room unnoticed and was insouciantly lounging against the door-frame.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • Then, all at once, the fury left her in one great puff, and she sagged against the door-frame.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • Mother, mother the wolf is rattling the door-frame!

    Wolfskin 2010

  • Macdonald put his other hand up to the door-frame, leaned forward and began to cough.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Peter Rozovsky 2010

  • This was done by Stubberud, by fixing the door-frame into the wall in an oblique position just like a cellar-door at home.

    The South Pole~ Preparing for Winter 2009

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