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- noun Plural form of
jamb .
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Examples
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The label-mould and the capitals of the attached shafts in the jambs are a little later in design than the windows themselves.
Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See Hubert C. Corlette
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On the jambs are the five wise and five foolish virgins; apostles and saints on the embrasures of the door; below them reliefs of the virtues, each symbolised above its opposite vice.
The Story of Paris Thomas Okey 1893
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It is the only time in the day that the mistress allows me to put my feet on the jambs, which is the only way that a man can get right warmed up, from foundation to rigging, as one might say.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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That's a word I use ALL THE TIME in my work -- because the reveals at the entrance to most sixth-century Chinese cave temples are elaborately carved with guardian figures see this site, about one of the caves I'm working on, where they are sadly referred to as "jambs" rather than reveals.
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The second detail from the exterior I wanted to mention are the canopies above the statues of St. Peter, Adam and Eve in the jambs of the portal of Adam, which are sculpted as miniature late-Romanesque/early-Gothic architectures.
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Especially interesting symbolically are the statues of the jambs: the Twelve Apostles standing on the shoulders of twelve prophets of the Old Testament.
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From early morning until dark between the chunk! chunk! of nail guns and the scream of power drills Gerald was drenched in a waterfall of details of wall finishes, hinges, straps, colors, jambs, shoji panels, tatami mats and Polygal windows.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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From early morning until dark between the chunk! chunk! of nail guns and the scream of power drills Gerald was drenched in a waterfall of details of wall finishes, hinges, straps, colors, jambs, shoji panels, tatami mats and Polygal windows.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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From early morning until dark between the chunk! chunk! of nail guns and the scream of power drills Gerald was drenched in a waterfall of details of wall finishes, hinges, straps, colors, jambs, shoji panels, tatami mats and Polygal windows.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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We raced for door jambs, threw ourselves under desks.
Invasive Species E. Victoria Flynn 2011
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