单词 | overdoor |
释义 | overdoorn.adj. A. n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > lintel overdooreOE lintela1425 soil1519 lintern1533 hance1534 linterel1548 hance-head1618 cap1688 transom-stone1770 lintel-piece1842 pare1897 soldier arch1963 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 62 Superliminare, oferdyre. 2. Architecture. An ornamental panel or pediment over a doorway. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > other ornamental objects Stafford knot1552 cocked hat1835 bullen-nail1842 street jewellery1851 overdoor1873 Russian Easter egg1881 wally dug1904 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door lintel > ornamental overdoor1873 korupe1897 1873 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 25 Oct. (1911) I. 236 Went on to Dirksen's, bought an over-door, also Watteau, for Ivor. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 89/2 Mantels, doors, overdoors, screens, and various articles of furniture, &c. ornamented with Lincrusta. 1899 Pall Mall Mag. Apr. 461 The State Ante-room, with its over-doors and over-mantels by Gibbons. 1948 S. Sitwell Netherlands ii. 20 An old house with good stucco-work and Louis XVI panelling in one room, where mirrors, overdoors, and ceiling decoration are of carved wood, not plaster. 1967 A. Eeles Canaletto 9/2 Smith also commissioned a group of ‘over-doors’, obviously intended to be part of a decorative scheme. 1989 National Art Coll. Fund Mag. Christmas 13/1 The carving on the overdoors on the top landing is perhaps the finest example of its type in the North. B. adj. Situated or placed over or above a door; designed for use above a door. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [adjective] > placed over a door overdoor1904 1904 N.E.D. at Over-door An over-door light. 1984 Renaissance Q. 37 469 In addition, the relief Altar of the Sacrament in the Basilica of Aquileia, and the overdoor relief of the Miraculous Cure of St. Anianus..are similarly mediocre in all but a few passages. 1991 Curiosity Shop Summer 18/2 Instant extra hanging space with this set of 3 overdoor hooks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.eOE |
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