Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as flap-door.

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Examples

  • Then the ledge opens out into a small balcony and I notice a wood-and-wire contraption, a box trap of the falling-door type, which evidently was hauled up and set during an earlier visit.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Then the ledge opens out into a small balcony and I notice a wood-and-wire contraption, a box trap of the falling-door type, which evidently was hauled up and set during an earlier visit.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

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