单词 | door-cheek |
释义 | door-cheekn. Now northern dialect. One of the side-posts of a door; a doorpost. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door-post postOE postela1225 door-treec1300 durnc1325 puncheon1519 by-post1535 door-cheek1535 doorpost1535 side post1535 pier1665 impost1730 hanging-post1792 heel post1802 hanging-stile1823 door-jamb1836 shutting posta1877 hanging-head1888 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. vi. B The geastes and dorechekes moued at their crienge. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 313 The side posts or dore cheeks of any house. 1614 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. II. O.T. viii. 390 The destroying Angel sees the doore cheekes of the Israelites sprinkled with redde. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ix, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 250 I daur ye..to name sic a word at my door-cheek! 1855 E. Waugh Sketches Lancs. Life (1857) 198 A hale old man..leaned against the door-cheek. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1535 |
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