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Definition of Trap door
1. Noun. A hinged or sliding door in a floor or ceiling.
Definition of Trap door
1. Noun. (alternative form of trapdoor) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trap Door
Literary usage of Trap door
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"This sighted position is such that the surface of the trap door plate is level
with that of the guard plate, and is determined by observations made with the ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"At F a square hole is cut out of HH, and into this fits loosely without touching,
like a trap door, a square piece of aluminium foil having a projecting ..."
3. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"... makes a short tube with trap-door on branches of trees. The tube is attached
to the bark by one side and covered with bits of bark and lichens. ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"It is difficult to say what may be the enemies of the trap-door spider against
which such ingenious architecture has been reared and such vigilant watch is ..."
5. Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1866)
"The inner surface of the trap-door is white and felt-like, ... As the trap-door
is flush with the surface of the ground, it is evident that, ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The name is derived from the Swedish "trapp," applied to these rocks from their
occurrence in step-like sheets. TRAP-DOOR SPIDERS, large hairy ..."
7. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Л. Store house for wood, with trap door to room above, where provisions, etc., are
stored. The arrangement of the story above Is very ..."
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