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单词 overdoor
释义

overdoorn.adj.

Brit. /ˈəʊvədɔː/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌdɔr/
Forms: see over- prefix and door n.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overdore , Old Saxon oberdure , Old High German ubarturi (Middle High German übertüre , early modern German überthüre ) < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of door n. Compare also Danish overdørtræ (1622).The word apparently became obsolete at the end of the Old English period and was re-formed in the 19th cent.
A. n.
1. = lintel n. 1. Obsolete.
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.
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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.
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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).
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