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Definition of French door
1. Noun. A light door with transparent or glazed panels extending the full length.
Definition of French door
1. Noun. (US) A door, usually one of a pair, with glass panes that extend for most of its length. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of French Door
Literary usage of French door
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1865)
"King Duncan, with two or three shabby attendants, stood in the court-yard of the
castle, — the latter represented by a handsome French door on the left, ..."
2. By-ways of Europe by Bayard Taylor (1869)
"King Duncan, with two or three shabby attendants, stood in the court-yard of the
castle, — the latter represented by a handsome French door on the left, ..."
3. Practical English Composition by Edwin Lillie Miller (1916)
"Back of this is a living-room, 14 feet by 20 feet, with a fireplace at the rear
end, and a French door that leads to a side piazza. ..."
4. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"... (an French. Door, tschi-oka (run together). Double, noua; same word as for two.
Drag (v; drag a load), ..."
5. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte by William Hazlitt (1852)
"The French commissioner and retinue will pass through the French door into the
neutral compartment occupied by the Empress. " The French commissioner alone, ..."
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