doorjamb

Etymology

door + jamb

noun

  1. Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel.
    There was a ball-pein hammer on a ledge above the doorjamb and Kidd reached up softly and took it down. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 123

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