† door-barn.
Obsolete.
A bar of wood, iron, etc. put across a door to secure it.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door fittings > devices for securing door
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door-pina1300
door-bar13..
sneck1324
clicket-lock1342
haggaday1353
stecklea1400
slotec1440
rance1574
door-latch1678
door-locka1684
steeple1722
box staple1778
door-chain1836
chain1839
safety chain1845
door-catch1897
night chain1904
13.. Sir Beues 1622 + 43 (MS. C) The dore barre he toke yn honde And slewe all þat he þere fonde.
c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 667/39 Hoc repagulum, dorebar.
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle v. ii. sig. Eiv Onles thy head & my doore bar kyste.
1617 Janua Linguarum 742 The snaile creepeth beyond the doore-barres.
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