| 单词 | sporting door |
| 释义 | > as lemmassporting door sporting door n. University slang the outer of two doors to a college room, which may be shut to indicate that the occupant does not wish to be disturbed; cf. sport v. 14b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > a closed door sporting door1824 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > other types of door hall-doorc1275 falling doorc1300 stable doorc1330 vice-door1354 hecka1400 lodge-doorc1400 street door1465 gate-doora1500 portal1516 backdoor1530 portal door1532 side door1535 by-door1542 outer door1548 postern door1551 house door1565 fore-door1581 way-door1597 leaf door1600 folding door1611 clap-door1625 balcony-door1635 out-door1646 anteportc1660 screen door1668 frontish-door1703 posticum1704 side entrance1724 sash-door1726 Venetian door1731 oak1780 jib-door1800 trellis?c1800 sporting door1824 ledge-door1825 through door1827 bivalves1832 swing-door1833 tradesmen's entrance1838 ledged door1851 tradesmen's door?1851 fire door1876 storm door1878 shoji1880 fire door1889 Dutch door1890 patio door1900 stable door1900 ledge(d) and brace(d) door1901 suicide door1925 louvre door1953 1824 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 460 (note) The rooms in College are like the chambers in the Inns of Court, having an outer-door and an inner one. The outer is called the sporting door, and is a very useful barricado against duns. 1876 W. C. Fowler Ess. Hist. Lit. Educ. 97 Most cosy rooms they are, with their prodigiously thick walls..their impregnable sporting doors that defy alike the hostile dun and the too friendly ‘fast man’. 1914 J. O. Bevan University Life in Olden Time 37 College rooms have two doors. The outer door is called the sporting door, and is opened with a key. < as lemmas |
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