Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A door-post.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The jamb or sidepiece of a door.

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  • noun The jamb or sidepiece of a door.

Etymologies

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door +‎ cheek

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Examples

  • It’s a’ deserted now; and I sat on the broken doorcheek three days since, and was glad I couldna see the plight the place was in—but that’s a’ wide o’ the mark.

    Wandering Willie’s Tale 1907

  • "A cauld night and a dreary too," sighed poor Boniface, as he bowed, and hastening to seize the stranger's bridle, buckled it to a ring at the doorcheek; "but the sicht of a visitor does gude to my heart; step in, sir.

    The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various

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