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单词 amell-door
释义

amell-doorn.

Forms:

α. see amell prep. and adv. and door n.

β. 1800s–1900s 'mell-door.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: amell adv., amell prep., door n.
Etymology: Probably partly (originally) < amell adv. + the plural of door n., partly < amell adv. + door n., and partly < amell prep. + door n. In β. forms aphetic < α. forms.
English regional (northern). Obsolete.
A passageway or space between two doors, typically an inner and outside door. Also: a door between two others, a middle door. Also in plural in the same sense.
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a1804 J. Boucher Suppl. Dr. Johnson's Dict. (1807) at Amell Amell-duirs, or deers; which phrase signifies the passage betwixt two doors, in a Cumberland farm-house, built according to the old style of building.
1856 R. Ferguson Northmen in Cumberland & Westmoreland ix. 167 The ‘mell-door’ or ‘amell-door’ in a Cumberland farm-house is the space or passage between the inner and outer doors.
1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 7 Amell-doors, doors between the outer door and that of an inner room.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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