Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of a pair of vertical posts or pieces that together form the sides of a door, window frame, or fireplace, for example.
- noun A projecting mass or columnar part.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete spelling of
jam . - noun A leg.
- noun The side or cheek of a helmet or shield.
- noun In architecture, a side or vertical piece of any opening or aperture in a wall, such as a door, window, or chimney, which helps to bear the lintel or other member overhead serving to sustain or discharge the superincumbent weight of the wall.
- noun In mining, a mass of mineral or stone in a quarry or pit standing upright, and more or less distinct from neighboring or adjoining parts. Also spelled
jam .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.
- noun (Mining) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
- transitive verb See
jam , v. t. & i. - noun See
jambes .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture The
vertical components that form thesides of adoor frame ,window frame, orfireplace , or other opening in awall .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Kennedy adds that the "jamb" in the French was so thick that the men could not bring down their arms or level a musket, and the Dragoons rode in the intervals between their formation, reaching forward with the stroke of their long swords, and slaying at will.
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The "jamb" is the upright or side member; the "lintel" is the cross member of the doorway.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Jpatt 2010
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The "jamb" is the upright or side member; the "lintel" is the cross member of the doorway.
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The "jamb" is the upright or side member; the "lintel" is the cross member of the doorway.
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The "jamb" is the upright or side member; the "lintel" is the cross member of the doorway.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Hanson 2010
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The "jamb" is the upright or side member; the "lintel" is the cross member of the doorway.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Hanson 2010
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a continuous stream of useless signals which "jamb" the intelligence of their opponents.
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
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She was in the doorway of his bedroom, embracing the wooden jamb, hiding her breasts from view.
Alba 2009
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She was in the doorway of his bedroom, embracing the wooden jamb, hiding her breasts from view.
Alba 2009
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Cheater slipped the long blade of his knife through the space between the door and jamb and forced the wooden handle up and then pushed the door wide.
Masdy's Silver dj barber 2011
chained_bear commented on the word jamb
I've never actually seen this word used without "door."
"'Two more cans of barley-water, Killick; and let Bonden know the Doctor wants the blue cutter at three bells in the morning watch.'
'Two cans and three bells it is, sir,' said Killick, aiming for the door. 'Two cans, three bells.' He struck the jamb a shrewd blow—he was usually drunk after a dinner-party—but he got through upright."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 361
March 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word jamb
"In castle architecture, the vertical side of a doorway, window, archway, or fireplace." Never actually seen it used to describe anything but a doorway. Nice to know it's there if we need it for something else though.
August 25, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word jamb
from French for leg
August 25, 2008